Today, Ukraine is hosting searches in hospitals and other medical institutions. The doctors are suspected of fictitious medical services and falsification of electronic data. Preliminary losses are estimated at hundreds of millions of hryvnias.
Searches throughout Ukraine
Law enforcement officers are conducting large-scale searches of medical facilities in different regions of the country. According to sources in the National Police, inspections are taking place simultaneously in many cities.
The investigative actions relate to suspicions of fake medical services and entering false data into electronic healthcare systems.
Scale of damage and suspicions
According to preliminary estimates, the damage caused by the doctors' illegal actions amounts to hundreds of millions of hryvnias. Main violations:
- providing fake medical services;
- entering false information into electronic medical systems;
- obtaining illegal benefits.
The investigation is ongoing, and law enforcement officers are establishing the circle of people involved.
Context.
The large-scale searches were a response to numerous complaints of abuse in healthcare facilities. Electronic healthcare systems have been introduced to increase transparency, but the findings reveal serious irregularities.
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