Surgeon “went underground” at Trung Vuong Hospital, pocketed billions of money



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The surgeon sank, he was buried in Trung Vuong hospital, he pocketed billions of money - Photo 1.

The Ho Chi Minh City inspector concludes that the Trung Vuong Hospital of the Aesthetics and Burn Department (Burn department) from 2012-2018 has many errors.

Recently, the Ho Chi Minh City inspector reached an inspection conclusion on the compliance of the law on financial income and expenses in the Burn Department – Aesthetic Shaping (burn department) of Trung Vuong Hospital from 2012 to 2018.

Earlier, in 2019, the city inspector issued a comprehensive inspection conclusion of the Trung Vuong hospital, pointing out a number of errors in joint ventures, purchasing, finance … particularly due to errors in In the burn department, the Inspection considered Further clarification needed, so he established a separate inspection team with this content.

11 surgeons have 3,010 cases but do not have a practice certificate

According to the conclusion of the inspection by the Ho Chi Minh City inspector, from 2012 to 2018, there were 11 doctors in the burn department of Trung Vuong Hospital performing 3,010 surgeries, but at the time of the surgery there was no certificate of practice surgical. Beauty. Particularly in the case of Dr. Vo Ke Dat, until the moment of the exam (in 2020) there was still no practice certificate.

Procedures for hospital and outpatient care are not built in this department either; do not plan surgery during board week to arrange surgery …

The most serious are the errors in the implementation of the financial income and expenses of 2012-2018. In this period, the Department of Burns – cosmetic plastic surgery collected from cosmetic activities and burn examination and treatment activities exceeded 71 billion VND.

Taking advantage of the cases of plastic surgery patients using artificial materials, doctors buy artificial materials directly from companies and “eat” the difference in price.

Specifically, the “process” is as follows: the patient chooses the artificial materials and the price, the doctor, the department nurse will collect the money. The fees for procedures, surgeries and medical supplies will be returned to the Finance and Accounting Department of the hospital, only the money will be kept for artificial materials, the doctor will pay it directly to the public. supply and maintain the difference.

To avoid mistakenly collecting patient charges, paying hospital fees, and returning excess money to the doctor, the nurse will keep a separate record.

From 2012-2018, in total, there were 3 notebooks that recorded the collection of 616 patients with a total of more than 15 billion VND. When comparing the data, Trung Vuong Hospital (2012-2018) collected more than 10 billion VND by performing procedures and surgeries for 1,237 patients from the burn department.

The conclusion of the inspection showed that in 12/14 doctors who participated in procedures and surgeries, there were 6 doctors illegally benefited with the amount of almost 4 billion VND. In which Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Nhon, from 2012 to 2018, with 132 surgeries and procedures with artificial materials, illegally collected more than 2.6 billion VND. And Dr. Vo Anh Minh made 115 cases, illegally collecting more than 2.8 billion VND.

The Ho Chi Minh City inspector confirmed that the old amount must be recovered and handled in accordance with regulations.

In addition, by examining medical records in the period 2012-2018, TTP inspection also found that patients with breast bags, most of them have trademark stamps artificial materials (originating from the US, Korea, Italy, France …) while the patient is given chin, nose, injected fillers for most of the unlabeled medical history, origin …

The Ho Chi Minh City inspector confirmed that this is not in accordance with the Ministry of Health regulations and the potential risk of affecting the health of patients.

Doctors pocket billions of money to pay

TP inspector concludes secondhospital Trung Vuong does not buy artificial materials from 2012-2018 is not complying with the regulations of the Ministry of Health, leading to work doctor of the hospital self-purchase, thus generating illegal profits from the doctor for a long time, but there is no legal registry to track and manage the quality, origin and origin of goods. artificial materials.

From 2012 to before October 2018, hospital leave doctor Collection department artificial materials You must not bill, declare taxable income; Not monitoring income and expenses means not complying with the Accounting Law.

The above violations are the responsibility of the Director of Trung Vuong Hospital, Head of Finance – Accounting Department, Head of Medical Team – Supply Department, Head of Burn Department – Cosmetic Modeling and others. Related to each incident period …

Upon completion of the inspection, the City Popular Committee agreed to assign the Chief City Inspector to decide to recover the amount of illegal profits from the doctors. For people who do not comply with the repair decision according to the illegal profit recovery decision, they transfer their records to the Ho Chi Minh City Police Investigation Agency for consideration and handling.

Director assigned to the Department of Health to coordinate with the City Inspector to recover illegal benefits from doctors; handle administrative infractions in the medical field of Trung Vuong Hospital; review and clarify the responsibilities of the groups and individuals under the relevant management competence established at the conclusion of the inspection.

The Health Department strengthens the inspection of the medical recognition and treatment activities of the affiliated hospitals that have specialized in plastic and cosmetic surgery to timely rectify the purchase and use of artificial materials and medical supplies, to avoid risks and complications that arise. ..

The Trung Vuong Hospital Director organizes a review of the collectives and individuals under his direction and takes steps to rectify and overcome. Be responsible for resolving complaints and comments from patients who have undergone surgeries, procedures, or cosmetic plastic surgery in the hospital where problems and complications occur due to artificial materials that have been implanted in the body. patients from 2012-2018.

Separately with doctor Nguyen Ngoc Nhon and doctor Vo Anh Minh, should review and handle the sense of observance of the organization of discipline, observance of the inspection law. Yes 2 doctor This is not seriously implemented, then suspend work to clarify responsibilities and management.

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