Bribery of millions, corruption of a hospital director in a county: from being a business leader to being a "brother" to a pharmaceutical merchant in Ganzi County | Zhou Linyong | being a top leader
On August 15th, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, announced that the disciplinary inspection and supervision authorities have found that Zhou Linyong, while serving as the director of Garze County People's Hospital, illegally received red envelopes, gifts, and gifts using his position; Taking advantage of his position to seek benefits for others, he received a total of 1.34 million yuan in gifts from others. In September 2021, Zhou Linyong was expelled from the Party and public office due to his violation of official duties and suspicion of corruption; In December of the same year, he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison and fined 200000 yuan for committing the crime of bribery.
Defensive line: Promoted to the position of director of a county hospital at the age of 40, gradually falling behind as a "brother" to a pharmaceutical company
Zhou Linyong, who came from a farming family, set his sights on studying medicine during his youth under the guidance of his father. For his ideals, he worked hard and graduated from Ganzi Health School before the age of 20. After working at the Tuoba Central Health Hospital in Ganzi County in 1995, he actively pursued progress and pursued further education at Luzhou Medical College. He also studied at well-known hospitals in Ya'an, Beijing, Chengdu, and other places.
With the training of the organization and his own efforts, Zhou Linyong was transferred from Tuoba Central Health Hospital to Ganzi County People's Hospital, and in just over three years, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Director of External Gynecology at the county hospital, becoming the youngest discipline leader and a skilled "knife" in the hospital at that time. He was soon promoted to Deputy Director of Business and became the Dean of Ganzi County People's Hospital at the age of 40. Whenever encountering difficult medical conditions and surgeries, he always rushes to the front line, gaining recognition from patients, leaders, and colleagues multiple times. Banners and medals also hang all over the walls of the office. After taking office as the head of the county hospital, Zhou Linyong actively established a second class hospital, striving to become multiple "firsts" in county-level hospitals in Garze Prefecture, and developing Garze County People's Hospital into a Kangbei Medical Center.
But as his work progressed and his position was promoted, Zhou Linyong gradually relaxed his thinking. In his spare time, he used excuses such as "taking a break from work" and "balancing work and life" to play mahjong with drug suppliers Deng, Yuan, and others to "relax and unwind.". Deng and others are also well versed in the art. Every time Zhou Linyong goes on a business trip to Chengdu, Deng and others will arrange a mahjong game to help him relax.
From unfamiliarity to familiarity, from "small losses and small wins" on the mahjong table, to later "small patches and small patches", and then to when Zhou Linyong's family was busy, Deng and others did their best. Zhou Linyong also adapted to Deng and others' "caring care" and began to refer to them as "friends" and "brothers".
Little did they know that the seeds of greed had already been planted in Zhou Linyong's heart, and his psychological defenses were gradually shattered by sugar coated bullets, gradually losing themselves in the "warm hunting ground" of unscrupulous merchants.
Willing to be hunted: In the procurement of drugs, consumables, and equipment, naming and caring for classmates and "brothers" who give gifts
In 2016, after Zhou Linyong became the director of Ganzi County People's Hospital, his classmate Liu and supplier of drugs and consumables Deng all approached him and gave him several boxes of tobacco and alcohol gifts under the pretext of paying New Year's greetings. Zhou Linyong gladly accepted them. After returning home, he opened the gift box and found a thick stack of cash underneath. Zhou Linyong was both delighted and panicked. He knew very well that the businessman wanted to use his power as the dean to give him care in the procurement of drugs and consumables.
Faced with thick cash, he felt that it was not hospital funds, nor was it lacking in employee benefits and benefits, which could not be considered as corruption. After enjoying the "care and attention" of Deng and others, Zhou Linyong also responded to the requests of these classmates and "brothers", earning the nickname "everyone takes care of each other" and providing them with help. When he needs to purchase drugs, consumables, and subject equipment in the hospital, his first thought is also of these classmates and "brothers".
"For this drug procurement, you can calculate the demand and lean more towards Lao Deng and his company," Zhou Linyong often said to the head of the hospital's pharmacy department. The person in charge of the pharmacy department naturally understood the arrangements made by the dean and actively responded to Deng's company's drug procurement needs. From 2016 until the incident, the amount of cooperation between Zhou Linyong and Deng's company in drug procurement exceeded 10 million yuan. Deng also took advantage of various opportunities and reasons to give Zhou Linyong "multiple concerns", coming and going, full of tacit understanding.
During Zhou Linyong's tenure as dean, his classmate Liu was involved in equipment projects ranging from tens of thousands of yuan to hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan, earning a lot of money and giving Zhou Linyong double his gratitude.
Proactively surrender: "failed to withstand the test and lost in the face of money", sentenced to three and a half years in prison and fined 200000 yuan for bribery
In May 2021, Zhou Linyong heard that the disciplinary inspection and supervision authorities were carrying out systematic governance of prominent issues in key industries such as healthcare. He immediately felt that the situation was not good, so he chose to voluntarily surrender.
"I gradually understand now that it's not about how capable or capable I am, but about my status and the power in my hands that have a huge attraction to them. However, I failed to withstand the test and ultimately lost in the face of money," said Zhou Linyong, former party branch secretary and director of Ganzi County People's Hospital, regretfully, in front of the investigators.
But it's already too late.
The disciplinary inspection and supervision organs have found that Zhou Linyong, while serving as the director of Ganzi County People's Hospital, illegally received red envelopes, gifts, and gifts through his position; Taking advantage of his position to seek benefits for others, he received a total of 1.34 million yuan in gifts from others.
In September 2021, Zhou Linyong was expelled from the Party and public office due to his violation of official duties and suspicion of corruption; In December of the same year, he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison and fined 200000 yuan for committing the crime of bribery.
