After receiving the money and placing it under the bed, the "kickback dean" took a bribe of 1.8 million and was sentenced to 4 and a half years: only accepting cash for convenience each time | Li Yulong | accepting bribes
During the period from 2013 to 2021, "kickback dean" Li Yulong took advantage of his position to successfully win the bid for hospital equipment procurement for five medical equipment companies, receiving a total of 1.8 million yuan in bribes. Every time I receive a "kickback", it's always a cash transaction, and the money doesn't go through my own or my family's accounts
On July 12th, the Sichuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision "Clean Sichuan" disclosed the details of Li Yulong, former director and party secretary of Panzhihua Fourth People's Hospital,'s bribery. In January 2023, Li Yulong was sentenced to four years and six months in prison and fined RMB 500000 for the crime of bribery in accordance with the law.
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Growing from a doctor to a "top leader"
Checked before retirement
According to the resume, Li Yulong, male, born in September 1962, is from Xichang, Sichuan. He started working in February 1980 and joined the CPC in March 2000. Formerly served as the head of the medical department, assistant to the dean, vice dean, dean, and party secretary of the Fourth People's Hospital of Panzhihua. In April 2022, it was subject to review and investigation by the Panzhihua Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision. In December 2022, he was expelled from the party and held public office.
Li Yulong came from a working-class family. After graduating from a health school, he entered the workforce and worked at the Huili Nickel Mine Workers' Hospital in Liangshan Prefecture for 17 years. Due to his strong clinical professional abilities and outstanding work performance, he was transferred as a medical professional and technical talent to work at the Fourth People's Hospital of Panzhihua City, gradually growing from an ordinary doctor to a "leader" of the hospital.
At the end of 2021, Li Yulong, who was over 59 years old, retired from the second tier. As he was about to retire, he did not wait for his expected "safe landing". At the beginning of 2022, the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Panzhihua City received clues about Li Yulong's suspected job-related crimes. After examination and investigation, a series of bribery behaviors in medical equipment procurement gradually surfaced.
Delivery of goods to your doorstep
Suppliers sincerely seek "cooperation"
In February 2011, Li Yulong was appointed as the director of the Fourth People's Hospital of Panzhihua City. With the increase of power in his hands, there were more and more praises and flattery, and people who came to him to handle matters and give gifts flocked to him. In his first year as the head of hospital administration, he received many small red envelopes voluntarily presented by salespeople from pharmaceutical companies. In his view, these "small red envelopes" are the industry's "hidden rules", with small amounts and no problems, little realizing that "small red envelopes" are the beginning of "big problems".
In 2013, Wang, a businessman from a medical device company in Sichuan, learned that the Fourth People's Hospital needed to purchase a fully automatic chemiluminescence analyzer. He brought relevant information about the medical equipment and went to Li Yulong's office to introduce his company's products. Wang promised that if his company's equipment wins the bid, not only can he ensure the quality of the equipment, but he will also give Li Yulong a "thank you fee" of 100000 yuan after successful procurement.
At this time, Li Yulong had become accustomed to the gift money voluntarily given by medical equipment manufacturers. He believed that these "rebates" were the profits of the equipment manufacturers, and if he didn't take them, he would only allow the equipment manufacturers to earn more money. If he didn't take them, he wouldn't take them for nothing. As long as the quality of the purchased equipment is excellent, it will not cause losses to the hospital. With this in mind, Li Yulong asked Wang to provide the parameters of the equipment to Hu from the testing department for "covert operation". After successfully winning the bid for the equipment, Wang presented a pre agreed "thank you fee" as expected, and Li Yulong also received his first large "kickback" in his career, starting a path of corruption towards the abyss of crime.
Willing to be "hunted" and get "kickbacks"
Accepting bribes of 1.8 million yuan
In order to cover up his violations of discipline and law, Li Yulong adheres to the principle of "handling matters first and then collecting money". In the eyes of many medical equipment manufacturers, Li Yulong is a "good leader" who can get things done with money and is willing to form a long-term and stable "cooperative relationship" with him. Among the many "hunters" surrounding Li Yulong, it is undoubtedly Luo, the legal representative of a certain technology company in Chengdu, who is the most "attentive".
"The first gift that Luo gave me was four shopping cards worth 4000 yuan. At that time, he just expressed his hope for the opportunity to cooperate in the future. He was very good at 'coming here' and even arranged for a vehicle to pick me up when he learned that I was on a business trip. When he found out that my family was short of cosmetics and daily necessities, he immediately bought 'gifts'. Li Yulong told the investigators that although he knew the purpose behind Luo's' sugar coated bullet', he still enjoyed the feeling of being praised and elevated.". Later, Li Yulong readily agreed to Luo's request and provided assistance in selling medical devices, and calmly accepted a large "kickback" of 600000 yuan from Luo's gift of medical equipment.
As the number of successful transactions increases, Li Yulong's appetite also grows, and he does not refuse companies that actively invest. In May 2017, during the purchase of a third-party steam service project in a hospital, Li Yulong took advantage of his position and directly appointed a thermal energy equipment company in Sichuan to be responsible for the preliminary demonstration and later construction work of the hospital's boiler construction. After the contract was signed, the company subcontracted the actual construction and operation to a new energy company in Panzhihua. Afterwards, the two companies gave a kickback of 750000 yuan to Li Yulong in 14 installments.
After investigation, from 2013 to 2021, Li Yulong took advantage of his position to successfully win the bid for hospital equipment procurement for five medical equipment companies, receiving a total of 1.8 million yuan in bribes.
Only accept cash each time
Money does not pass through one's own and family accounts
"Every time I receive a 'kickback', it's always a cash transaction, and the money doesn't go through my own or my family's accounts. There's no evidence left about which company was designated to win the bid. I think this is very safe and there won't be any problems. As the saying goes, 'the sky is wide and there is no leakage.' These practices are just self deception." During the retention period, Li Yulong confessed.
The procurement of bulk medical equipment must go through the bidding process, and the Fourth People's Hospital of Panzhihua City has also established a bidding related system - medical device procurement is publicly tendered according to the bidding process, and sales contracts are signed after winning the bid. Payment is only made after the equipment is used and qualified. What is the "trick" of Li Yulong's "secret operation" when the system is tightly regulated?
After examination and investigation, it was found that due to the particularity of medical equipment, the parameters of each type of equipment are different, and the director of the hospital's laboratory, Hu, has the power to formulate "parameters". By providing specific technical parameters for biased bidding, winning a bid for a specific product is like "picking out a bag". Because of this "opportunity", Li Yulong and Hu colluded and colluded, allowing medical equipment companies that met the parameter conditions to "exclusively provide", and the seemingly rigorous bidding process was transformed into "going through the process".
Compared to his "boldness" in handling affairs, Li Yulong is very cautious when collecting money. He only accepts cash and does not "accept" bank transfers, and the collection location is designated by him, leaving no trace of what is called "clues". After receiving the money, Li Yulong will directly place the bribe money under his own bed, and then handle it through cash payments, borrowing someone else's name to purchase financial products, and other methods.
