Is the Bac Lieu Health Department buying a CT scanner at an abnormally high price? | News

11/29/2020 Health



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According to PV research Youth, on December 21, 2017, Bac Lieu Health Department approved the results of the contractor selection “Package 32: 128-slice CT scanner system, portable high-frequency X-ray machine, pancreatic stone endoscopy system . Retrograde bile (ERCP), bronchoscope washer “.

Project name: Acquisition of medical equipment for Bac Lieu General Hospital (BV). The package price is 48.82 billion VND, the winning price is 48.785 billion VND. In particular, the 128-slice CT Scanner system has the following specifications: Manufacturer: GE – USA, origin of Japan including main parts of the machine; software packages and programs, ancillary equipment and the winning bid price was up to VND 39.83 billion.

However, according to PV’s research Youth From the public auction information, the 128-slice CT scanner is also originally from Japan and has the GE brand, but 1 BV in Ho Chi Minh City just bought for 19 billion dong; Another hospital in Ho Chi Minh City bought in 2019 has a winning price of just 15.35 billion, lower than the Bac Lieu Health Department to buy almost 25 billion …

Then, on April 4, 2020, the Bac Lieu Health Department approved the contractor selection for package No. 08: “Purchase of all medical equipment within the framework of the medical equipment purchase project for Hospital de Hospitales Military in the province of Bac Lieu “. ”, With the winning bid price of 42.254 billion dong.

Capital of the provincial budget, for the period 2016 – 2020. In the list of medical equipment in this package, there are “64-slice computed tomography equipment (CT Scanner 64), Model: Revolution EVO; Manufacturer GE; Made in Japan ”with a value of 30.599 billion VND. Meanwhile, a hospital in Hai Phong bought a 64-slice CT scanner of the same model, from the same manufacturer and from the same origin, but only for more than 22.4 billion dong.

On the afternoon of November 28, talk to PV Youth, Mr. Tran Hoai Dao, Deputy Director of the Bac Lieu Health Department, confirmed that the purchase of CT Scanner by Bac Lieu is higher than in other localities, according to the public announcement of the Ministry of Health on obtaining the contract for packages of medical equipments. . According to Mr. Dao, the approval for the contractor’s selection of package No. 08 is publicly available by the Department of Health on the Internet. But the purchase of CT Scanner by Bac Lieu is higher than elsewhere, possibly due to different setup, technique and bidding time.
On the same day, Mr. Tran Trung Vi, Deputy Head of the Bac Lieu Provincial People’s Committee Office, said that to verify the correct offer to purchase a CT scanner for Bac Lieu General Hospital and Bac Lieu Provincial Military Hospital Lieu, the Health Department hired an independent auditor to inspect and review specifically to report to the Provincial People’s Committee.



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