National Hospital has debts of almost 100m lei, director seeks external audit

27.10.2015 16:35
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The National Clinical Hospital has debts of 98 million lei to service providers and suppliers, accumulated over the last five years. The new director of the institution Anatol Ciubotaru requested performing an external audit, IPN reports.

“Today, the financial situation of the hospital is very difficult. The hospital has debts of 98 million lei. A part of these debts were collected within state programs to purchase medicines and the National Hospital has to clear them, but this is not fair,” Anatol Ciubotaru told the press after the first meeting of the institution’s Administration Board.

The director said there are a lot of medicines with the use-by date close to expiration. “There are very big problems and the employees cannot provide explanations over them. I suspect different schemes were employed,” stated Anatol Ciubotaru.

He could not say who is to blame for the large debts. “Maybe this is the blame of the Ministry of Health or the National Health Insurance Company, or possibly of the doctors working here, but the size of these debts is impressive. I presume the institution was administered incorrectly,” he stated.

According to Anatol Ciubotaru, the situation at the hospital affects first of all the patients. “It’s not a secret that most of the patients now purchase drugs themselves and this will continue until there is financing. There is now no financing, probably owing to the defective management,” said the director.

Minister of Health Ruxanda Glavan, who took part in the meeting, expressed her indignation at the situation witnessed by the hospital. “The debts represent almost 50% of the financial resources allocated to the hospital from the state budget. The institution’s budget is 260 million lei. This is an unprecedented situation in the medical system. Earlier this hospital was considered one of the most modern hospitals, but now it is known for its debts,” said the official.

The minister noted she will present the situation in the Government and within the parliamentary commission on social protection, health and family.