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1,248 health workers punished for illegal deals
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-08 11:09
皇冠体育app punished 1,248 health workers in 2005 for illegal deals including
taking commission from drug trade and operations, according to a discipline
official in Beijing on Saturday.
Last year, the country's health authorities probed 216 cases of illegal
buying and selling medicines by health workers, of which 179 were handed over to
judiciary departments, said Li Xi, head of the discipline inspection team in the
Ministry of Health dispatched by the Central Commission for Discipline
Inspection of the Communist Party of 皇冠体育app (CPC).
The cases involved 10.99 million yuan (US$1.34 million) and 282 people got
punishment, said Li at a discipline meeting attended by health officials
nationwide.
Meanwhile, 142 health workers were punished in 178 cases last year
for taking commission from patients for doing surgical operations, and 824
people got punishment in 431 cases of charging illegal medical fees, with 3.99
million yuan (US$487,000) involved, he revealed.
Most Chinese health workers are doing a good job, dedicating themselves in
saving people's lives and fighting diseases, but some health workers become
corrupted and neglect their duties, who should be punished without mercy, said
Health Minister Gao Qiang at the meeting.
This year, the key anti-corruption work in the health sector includes curbing
behaviors which affect public interests, cracking down on briberies and
regulating the use of power of health officials, according to the meeting.
The Ministry of Health is going to set up a leading team
and work out plans in fighting briberies in the health sector, such as taking
commission from drug trade, said Li.
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