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An example of the corruption that infects all aspects of life in Poland
no translation, just a summary, with the title taken from the editorial commentary by the newspaper's editor Bronislaw Wildstein
The system counterattacks
The director of the psychiatric hospital in Rybnik, Dr. Stanislaw Urban has been fired by the local provincial government. The official reason is the hospital's financial deficit. However, the local authorities only became concerned about the hospital's deficit (typical of the vast majority of Polish hospitals - the health system is a bankrupt mess) after Dr. Urban spoke to the press about how doctors in his hopital routinely provided false medical opinions for organized crime figures facing trials so that they could delay their trial until the indictment lapsed. Dr. Urban's allegations, made in September, have been confirmed by the Health Ministry. A criminal investigation has officially been started, but only after every single prosecutor's office in the province refused to touch it and higher authorities had to force one office to take it. There has been no progress. Only one person has been questioned.
Actual article and commentary at: (See link below)
My comment - people who target organized crime in Poland have an unfortunate tendency to lose their jobs. Corruption is rife - in the medical system there is often a tacit requirement for bribes if you want the supposedly free treatment. Judges are routinely on the take. The salaries of public servants, especially doctors are very low (doctors typically get 150-400/mo) A year or two ago in Poland's second largest city, Lodz, it turned out that EMT services, including the doctors that go out with them, were taking money from funeral homes to provide bodies. If you were still alive but you or your relatives refused to sign a contract with the appropriate funeral service - tough luck, no treatment. Link
An example of the corruption that infects all aspects of life in Poland
no translation, just a summary, with the title taken from the editorial commentary by the newspaper's editor Bronislaw Wildstein
The system counterattacks
The director of the psychiatric hospital in Rybnik, Dr. Stanislaw Urban has been fired by the local provincial government. The official reason is the hospital's financial deficit. However, the local authorities only became concerned about the hospital's deficit (typical of the vast majority of Polish hospitals - the health system is a bankrupt mess) after Dr. Urban spoke to the press about how doctors in his hopital routinely provided false medical opinions for organized crime figures facing trials so that they could delay their trial until the indictment lapsed. Dr. Urban's allegations, made in September, have been confirmed by the Health Ministry. A criminal investigation has officially been started, but only after every single prosecutor's office in the province refused to touch it and higher authorities had to force one office to take it. There has been no progress. Only one person has been questioned.
Actual article and commentary at: (See link below)
My comment - people who target organized crime in Poland have an unfortunate tendency to lose their jobs. Corruption is rife - in the medical system there is often a tacit requirement for bribes if you want the supposedly free treatment. Judges are routinely on the take. The salaries of public servants, especially doctors are very low (doctors typically get 150-400/mo) A year or two ago in Poland's second largest city, Lodz, it turned out that EMT services, including the doctors that go out with them, were taking money from funeral homes to provide bodies. If you were still alive but you or your relatives refused to sign a contract with the appropriate funeral service - tough luck, no treatment. Link
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