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Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi – Photo: NAM TRAN
The prosecution of the case of “skyrocketing the price” for medical equipment at Bach Mai Hospital is a wake-up call for social ethics as well as a sense of legal compliance in the medical industry.
A judge at the Hanoi People’s Court
The following comments to Tuoi Tre show that socialization aims to share the burden of public hospitals investing in modern machinery, but when they are not strictly managed and have group benefits, patients will get enough.
* Attorney Dang Van Cuong (Hanoi Bar Association):
The hospital must reimburse the difference
The history of the increase in the price of medical equipment in some hospitals provided by BMS Company for personal purposes is a very serious case, causing people to lose confidence in medical facilities and medical examinations and treatments.
This is an act worthy of condemnation because it causes serious harm to the patient who directly uses this device, and at the same time causes losses to the State. Therefore, authorities must quickly investigate and clarify the behavior of relevant people to drive.
Regarding the benefits of patients paying directly for these “overpriced” equipment and services, the investigating agency must also clarify the actual amount of money allocated and the earnings these individuals make. From there it is necessary to ask these people to compensate and overcome the consequences.
In which the hospital should be responsible for reimbursing the patient the amount of the difference paid for the service fee calculated at the high price and has the right to request the relevant persons to compensate and remedy the consequences.
This case is discovered and resolved in a timely and strict manner, it will be a lesson to discourage people who disrespect morals, bury their conscience with conscience and block the money of the State and the people.
* A former leader Central Hospital:
Stop socializing at the central level
At first, medical socialization was good policy. Applying from 1999-2000, when there was a lack of financing for public hospitals due to the low budget, low hospital fees, health insurance was not paid as at present, to develop technology to be in the commune. convergence.
But to socialize well and in the right direction, the party committee, the hospital board of directors must first determine the spearhead and the project needs to be socialized: which equipment can the hospital buy, which equipment the investment budget, which device to socialize … It must be a specific socialization, not rampant.
Second, socialization projects should only last 8-10 years, that is, according to the depreciation time of the life of a device, they should not last longer. After this time, the equipment and technology must be delivered to the hospital.
In my opinion, the total time of the medical socialization program should only last 25 years. We did it between 1999-2000, which means it has lasted over 20 years.
Socialization has exhausted its mission in central and provincial hospitals, and should only be socialized in district and regional general hospitals. In the next 5 to 10 years, the district level will stop socializing.
Why is that? Because the hospital is now completely self-financing, major hospitals at the central and provincial levels can fully invest in equipment because they collect hundreds of billions to trillions of hospital fees / year in medical equipment. like just being socialized to invest, hospitals can fully invest.
* A judge Hanoi City People’s Court:
Are there other hospitals?
Because the new case is in the prosecution phase and has not yet been brought to trial, it is not possible to discuss who should compensate the appropriate amount from the patient.
However, this is a case of fraudulent appropriation of assets, so that patients are identified as victims, and those who commit the crime must meet the responsibility for compensation.
The investigating agency will continue to clarify the responsibility of the hospital in the case or not, later when the processing is concluded, the case is determined, the specific behavior of each individual, the unit, in addition to the processing. The criminal also has the responsibility to compensate the patient.
This case is seen not only as a matter of law but also as a human factor, the people prosecuted have been corrupted and have benefited from the patient’s pain.
It is very necessary to have a large-scale investigation to clarify in other hospitals if there is a primordial situation of medical equipment for profit or not to handle them thoroughly, avoid recurrence and look after the interests of the people.
If it is not strictly controlled, it will have more serious consequences, much harm for people and for the entire country.
Comprehensive inspection of the procurement of medical equipment throughout the country.
Speaking with Tuoi Tre, a senior inspector of the Government Inspector said that in the case of the joint venture between Bach Mai Hospital and the BMS Company, according to Circular 15/2007 / TT-BYT With the current autonomy and self-responsibility in the use of assets for joint venture or association with the acquisition of equipment in public hospitals or the Price Law, it is necessary for state administrations to assess prices, not hiring a price assessment company.
State management agencies will strictly adhere to the 6-step process, survey market prices, get quotes, import prices plus cost, it is difficult to increase 4-5 times.
In fact, not only in Bach Mai Hospital, in several other units, there is the situation of hiring a price appraisal company so that the medical team gets up several times before entering the hospital.
Currently, the Government Inspectorate is conducting a large-scale inspection of the purchase of medical equipment throughout the country, it will clarify whether the price hike has occurred in a wide or narrow range.
How to stop skyrocketing prices for medical equipment?
