"I gave the doctor 3500 euros..."/ Scandal at Trauma, patient reveals 'negotiations' for surgeries

2026-04-08 22:08:00 / AKTUALITET ALFA PRESS

"I gave the doctor 3500 euros..."/ Scandal at Trauma, patient reveals

"Did you have an intervention that you had planned at the Trauma Hospital? No, I didn't," the citizen said.

"I didn't do it, but I wrote it there, I paid 30 thousand lek when my turn came," the citizen said.

"I'm glad the doctor told me that maybe something will happen, who knows, my husband died, I'm alone," the citizen said.

During the research and conversation with the patients, it was noticeable that some of them, although they were on the waiting list, had undergone the procedure at the Trauma Hospital. This raises another question as to why they are on the list and have an open card at the hospital, while they received the service under suspicion of favoritism in the queue.

"I did it, did you do it there or privately? There, I did it there. On what date? I don't remember, I think it was at the end of May," the citizen said.

Regarding this claim by patients, the Hospital said that in addition to emergencies and the waiting list, it also offers a service for those who purchase the necessary materials for the intervention themselves.

Trauma: In addition to the waiting list, SUT has always offered the service of performing surgical interventions for patients who provide the necessary orthopedic material themselves and do not wait for the waiting list. This fact is documented in the patient's file, who of course also signs the informed consent, as for any operation.

While other patients hinted that they were negotiating a shortcut, which meant paying a bribe...

"The boy talked to the doctor, but we still can't fix it ourselves, you know, I believe he understands..."

"We did it there, at Trauma, but we did it for a fee, we bought the prosthesis, you understand? Where did you buy it? At the hospital, at the Trauma Hospital, 3,500 euros ," the citizen said.

"How did you make the payment? Where did you make it? At the hospital? Yes, we made it in cash at the hospital,"  the citizen said.

"The doctor took them, we gave them to him ," the citizen said.

"The first time 3 thousand euros. Who told you? The doctor told us ," the citizen said. /Inside Story show

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