Transferring the violation records at Nghe An Dermatology Hospital to the police agency

On December 28, a leader of the Nghe An Department of Health said that the unit had just transferred the inspection and verification file: "Nghe An Dermatology Hospital did not perform fungal and scabies staining and examination technical services but still collected money from patients from 2019 to December 13, 2021" to the Nghe An Provincial Police Investigation Agency.

Attached inspection and verification records include: Report of Nghe An Provincial Inspectorate on the results of reviewing the contents inspected and concluded by the Department of Health at Nghe An Dermatology Hospital; Conclusion of the Director of Nghe An Department of Health dated May 31, 2023 on the content of the reflection and recommendation of citizen Le Quang Ng.; Report on the verification results of the verification team assigned by the Head of the Verification Team in Decision No. 130/QD-SYT of the Director of Nghe An Department of Health dated February 27, 2023 on verifying the information reflected on the assignment and some documents related to the testing content.

Conclusion of the Director of Nghe An Department of Healthshowed many violations at Nghe An Dermatology Hospital as citizens had reported. Specifically, in the complaint, Mr. Le Quang Ng. stated: "The hospital did not perform fungal and scabies staining techniques but still collected money from patients from 2019 to the end of 2021".

The inspection conclusion showed that, according to the hospital's report on total data on fungal staining and scabies staining from January 1, 2019 to December 13, 2021, the hospital collected money from 24,699 people for testing with an amount of nearly 1.7 billion VND. Meanwhile, the testing department staff confirmed that during that time, the hospital did not perform fungal staining and scabies staining testing services. "Not performing tests but collecting money is a violation of the law," Nghe An Department of Health affirmed.

Nghe An Department of Health believes that this violation of the law is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health. The Department of Health requests the People's Committee of Nghe An province to assign competent authorities to inspect and clarify this violation, handle it or advise on handling it according to the provisions of law.

Regarding the reflection that the hospital reported higher statistics on medical examination and treatment revenue in the draft project to establish the hospital than the actual data. The conclusion clearly shows that Mr. Le Quang Ng.'s reflection is true.

Accordingly, the actual revenue from medical examination and treatment (when Nghe An Dermatology Hospital was still the Center for Leprosy Prevention and Dermatology) in 2016 and 2017 was only over 1.7 billion VND, but in the Project to establish the hospital, it was increased to over 8 billion VND and over 10 billion VND respectively. In 2018, in reality, only over 2.6 billion VND was inflated to 12.2 billion VND. The authorities approved the inflated figure.

Regarding the reflection, although there has not been a winning bid result, the hospital has allowed Hoang Anh Investment, Trade and Construction Joint Stock Company to carry out the dismantling and repair of the roof of the Laser and Cosmetic examination room; repair the pharmacy warehouse and hospital parking lot in 2022. The conclusion shows that this is a violation of bidding regulations.

Regarding this, Mr. Huynh Phuc Son - Director of Nghe An Dermatology Hospital admitted that because some items in package 3 were leaking and severely damaged, in order to ensure safety before the rainy season and to put them into service for medical examination and treatment, the hospital director arbitrarily allowed the contractor to dismantle and repair them before the contractor had won the bid. By the time the contractor won the bid and signed the contract between the hospital and Hoang Anh Investment, Trade and Construction Joint Stock Company, the project had basically completed the repair items.

In addition, the inspection conclusion also showed that Mr. Huynh Phuc Son also created fake labor contracts for 7 nurses./.