“Any patient who receives a request for money within the NHS to complain immediately”
Health Minister’s reaction was strong after a patient complaint about ‘Sachet’ at Argos Hospital. THE Adonis Georgiadis He ordered an Administrative Examination (SAD) and forwarded the case to the prosecutor.
According to him, the patient complained that after a routine surgery, A doctor asked him 100 euros, while he had only 20. “He told him” go to bring me the rest “, something the patient didn’t do,” the minister said. When a few weeks later it took medical assistance again and met the same doctor, the latter, according to the complaint, He humiliated him because he had not brought the money.
“I find it shameful, since it is true. I always respect the presumption of innocence, so I ordered the SAD immediately, “the minister said, stressing that the witnesses would be called upon to testify and that the case had been sent to the competent prosecutor.
Addressing the citizens, he called on those who face similar situations not to be silent: “Any patient who receives a request for money within the NHS to complain immediately. No such complaint will remain buried. Not to be afraid of blackmail or threat. “
“We want to uproot this bad behavior of the few”He added, stressing that these are individual cases and that “all NHS doctors are doing great work”.