Proposal to prosecute former Director of Thu Duc Hospital related to Viet A case
As Director of Thu Duc Hospital, Nguyen Minh Quan assigned his subordinates to legalize documents to pay for the number of COVID-19 test kits to Viet A Company.
The Ho Chi Minh City Police Investigation Agency has issued Investigation Conclusion No. 55 on the case of “Violating regulations on bidding causing serious consequences,” “Giving bribes,” “Receiving bribes,” which occurred at Thu Duc District Hospital (now Thu Duc City Hospital - abbreviated as Thu Duc Hospital), Viet A Technology Joint Stock Company (abbreviated as Viet A Company) and Nam Phong Construction Design, Trading & Service Limited Liability Company (abbreviated as Nam Phong Company).
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| Nguyen Minh Quan, former Director of Thu Duc Hospital. Photo: Provided by the Ministry of Public Security |
The investigation agency requested the People's Procuracy at the same levelprosecuteDefendant Nguyen Minh Quan (former Director of Thu Duc Hospital) for the crime of "Violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences;" Pham Vu Phong (former Director of Nam Phong Company) for the crime of "Violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences," "Giving bribes;" Truong Thi Bao Tran (former employee of the Medical Equipment and Supplies Department of Thu Duc Hospital) for the crime of "Violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences," "Receiving bribes."
According to the investigation conclusion, in his role as Director of Thu Duc Hospital, in late 2020 and early 2021, defendant Nguyen Minh Quan assigned subordinates to legalize documents to pay for the number of COVID-19 test kits previously supplied by Viet A Company and Nam Phong Company.
The supply of this test kit does not include the review of the contractor's capacity and experience in performing the bidding according to regulations.
Nguyen Minh Quan's criminal behavior caused damage to Thu Duc Hospital of nearly 8 billion VND.
In his role as Director of Nam Phong Company, although the Company did not have sufficient legal status as a contractor, defendant Pham Vu Phong still used Nam Phong Company to commit acts of collusion and fraud in bidding related to Thu Duc Hospital, including: 1 competitive bidding package, 4 shortened bidding packages, 33 bidding packages to purchase COVID-19 test kits produced by Viet A Company from Nam Phong Company, causing damage to the hospital.
At the same time, through Le Trung Nguyen (an employee of Viet A Company), Pham Vu Phong gave more than VND 997 million to Thu Duc Hospital staff as a "commission" for completing the documents, so that Thu Duc Hospital could pay for the purchase of COVID-19 test kits for Nam Phong Company.
Former employee of the Medical Equipment and Supplies Department of Thu Duc Hospital, Truong Thi Bao Tran, was the one who drafted and completed the bidding procedures in violation of regulations so that the Hospital could pay for the purchase of COVID-19 test kits, causing damage to the Hospital.
Tran is the person who received more than 997 million VND in "commission" from Nam Phong Company when completing the documents for Thu Duc Hospital to pay for the purchase of the reagent kit for this Company.
The defendants at Viet A Joint Stock Company involved are: Vu Dinh Hiep (former Deputy General Director), Le Trung Nguyen (former sales staff) were prosecuted by the Ministry of Public Security in the case of "Violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences" that occurred at Viet A Company, the Center for Disease Control of Hai Duong province and related agencies and units.
Therefore, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Investigation Agency has separated the actions and documents related to Hiep and Nguyen in the case at Thu Duc Hospital and transferred them to the Ministry of Public Security Investigation Agency for joint handling.
