Inside, it has already rotted into black. The director of the Luoma Hospital repents: The white coat has been dyed golden. | Jieyang | Medicine | Weng Jiandong | Medical | Hospital | Dean | Jieyang City
On the 11th, the official account of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, introduced the situation of rectification, discipline and anti-corruption in Jieyang in the first half of this year under the title of "Integrity has a future, Jieyang has a future". Among them, the confession of some presidents of Luoma hospitals was disclosed for the first time.
The dean of a tertiary hospital confesses, "I received a large amount of gold and cash."
Recently, the Health Bureau of Jieyang City, Guangdong Province held a warning education conference, reporting on the serious corruption cases in the medical and health system in the past two years, and organized the viewing of repentance videos by leaders such as Weng Jiandong.
"I received a large amount of gold and cash from suppliers, and my white coat was dyed golden yellow, with a shiny and golden surface, but inside it, it had already rotted into black, smelly and moldy... I hope to take me as a warning and never step on the red line."
Weng Jiandong was the former Party Secretary and Dean of Jieyang People's Hospital. On February 26th this year, the disciplinary inspection department released the news that 61 year old Weng Jiandong had been investigated. At that time, he had been retired for nearly a year.
In May, Weng Jiandong was expelled from the party, his retirement benefits were cancelled, and he was transferred for review and prosecution. His problems included seeking benefits from the people, relying on medical treatment, colluding with medical merchants, being willing to be "hunted" by illegal businessmen, alienating hospital management rights into tools for personal gain, using the convenience of his job to seek benefits for others in areas such as drugs, medical equipment, medical consumables, information engineering procurement, and payment of goods, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property.
According to the Jieyang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Weng Jiandong was the first person to fall victim to the city's campaign to dig deep into corruption in the medical field.
Jieyang is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, with a current permanent population of 7.05 million people. It is the largest and most populous prefecture level city in the eastern region of Guangdong. Before Weng Jiandong's retirement, the People's Hospital of Jieyang City was the oldest, largest, most comprehensive, and strongest tertiary hospital in the eastern region.
After the medical anti-corruption campaign, 9 "top leaders" have been investigated here
The efforts of Jieyang to dig deeper into corruption in the medical field are indeed significant.
Li Chunming, former director of the Health and Family Planning Bureau in Jieyang City, Chen Junqiang, former director of the Health and Family Planning Bureau in Jiexi County, and Zhang Zhuangquan, former director of the Health and Family Planning Bureau in Jiexi County, among others, have previously served as "leaders" in the health and family planning department. Six hospital leaders, including Weng Jiandong, former director of the People's Hospital of Jieyang City, Liu Jianzhi, former director of the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Jieyang City, and Chen Yangsheng, former director of the People's Hospital of Puning City, as well as key personnel in multiple hospitals in the city and county, have been investigated and prosecuted.
Recently, Jieyang has reported multiple cases of disciplinary and illegal violations by medical system officials.
On August 4th, Lin Tiehan, the secretary and person in charge of the Party branch of the Third People's Hospital of Jieyang City, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and voluntarily surrendered.
On August 10th, it was announced that Liu Jianzhi, former party branch secretary and president of Jieyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital, was "double opened". Liu Jianzhi was accused of "seeking benefits for others in the procurement of drugs and equipment, medical equipment acceptance, engineering construction, and payment of goods, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property.".
The rectification has just begun, and the daily average cost of discharged patients has decreased by 7.54%
"By urging medical and health institutions in cities, counties, and towns to carry out special rectification, and deepening and implementing the work of learning from cases, promoting reform through cases, and promoting treatment through cases, the problems of pharmaceutical purchase and sales rebates and medical service 'red envelopes' in the city have been effectively curbed."
The relevant person in charge of the Jieyang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision introduced that the city's disciplinary inspection and supervision organs have just begun to cooperate in carrying out the centralized rectification of corruption in the pharmaceutical industry. They will focus on their responsibilities, fulfill their duties, and fully cooperate, using strong supervision to force the implementation of main responsibilities, and deeply carry out systematic governance in the entire field, chain, and coverage of the pharmaceutical industry.
According to the introduction from Jieyang, after phased rectification, the procurement rate of drugs and medical consumables platforms in public medical institutions in the city has reached over 95%, saving 256 million yuan in procurement funds compared to before the centralized procurement, a decrease of 47.7%. The daily average cost of discharged patients in the city has decreased by 7.54%, and the burden of medical treatment for the public has been significantly reduced.
According to a report from the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily on August 5th, in the first half of this year, the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision seriously investigated and punished Kuang Mingzi, former vice chairman of the Dongguan Municipal Political Consultative Conference and former director of the Municipal People's Hospital. The Jieyang Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision integrated its efforts to investigate and punish Weng Jiandong, former director of the Jieyang Municipal People's Hospital, and Chen Yangsheng, former director of the Puning Municipal People's Hospital. Several hospital directors and directors of the Health Bureau in cities such as Zhanjiang, Shaoguan, Huizhou, and Yangjiang have also been investigated and punished, effectively promoting "disinfection and sterilization" and "disease elimination and physical strengthening" in the pharmaceutical field.
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Over 40 hospital leaders in Guangdong were investigated and dealt with in 200 days, and a medical anti-corruption storm is sweeping across multiple areas
On August 10th, a report titled "Deng Qiwen, Secretary and Hospital Manager of Nanshan District People's Hospital in Shenzhen, Serious Violations of Discipline and Law" was circulated online. The materials refer to Deng Qiwen's lifestyle issues and his use of public power to seek huge and unjust benefits for his mistress Chen's company; Collaborating with mistresses to violate the national medical insurance system, colluding with medical consumables, and defrauding medical insurance funds; Wash black money, etc. Deng Qiwen stated that the online materials were false accusations and he has already reported the case. The staff of the Nanshan District Health Bureau in Shenzhen stated that the relevant information on the reported materials has been obtained and is under investigation, but the results have not yet been released.
On the same day, the topic of 9 medical staff from Changsha Xiangya Third Hospital jointly reporting the director of the department also surged on Weibo's hot search.
Coincidentally, on August 7th, the People's Hospital of Pu'er City, Yunnan Province purchased a linear accelerator for 35.2 million yuan, with a rebate of 16 million yuan, ranking first on the hot search list that day.
Recently, the issue of corruption in the pharmaceutical industry has become a hot topic, and a pharmaceutical anti-corruption storm is sweeping across multiple provinces and regions. How to root out medical corruption has also become a concern for the public.
Nine medical staff members from Xiangya Third Hospital jointly reported to the department director
On August 8th, nine medical staff members from the Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Department of Xiangya Third Hospital of Central South University in Changsha, Hunan jointly reported the director of the department, Meng Jie. According to the report letter, Meng Jie, who served as the director of the Respiratory Department at Xiangya Third Hospital for three years, did not attach importance to medical quality and safety, and allowed her student and then unqualified Zou to conduct medical activities such as bronchoscopy alone, resulting in two deaths of patients after bronchoscopy in May and August 2022. At that time, he had worked for less than one year and was a probationary employee without any surgical operation qualifications authorized by the national medical administrative department or the medical department of Xiangya Third Hospital.
In addition, the report letter also reflects issues such as Meng Jie's one-sided management, covert performance allocation, private establishment of a small treasury, and financial non disclosure.
In response to this, the Hunan Provincial Health Commission has issued a situation report: In response to the online dissemination of relevant materials about the director of the Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Department of Xiangya Third Hospital of Central South University, the Hunan Provincial Health Commission and Central South University attach great importance to it and have established a joint investigation team to verify the relevant situation one by one. Once verified, it will be dealt with seriously in accordance with the law and regulations.
41 people were investigated and punished in 200 days in Guangdong, and 168 people were publicly reported for investigation and punishment nationwide
Poster news reporters have found that as of the evening of August 7th, at least 10 medical professionals have been announced to be under investigation this month, including 5 in Guangdong. Since the beginning of 2023, Guangdong has investigated and dealt with 41 hospital directors and secretaries.
Previously, the website of the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Nanyue Qingfeng Net, disclosed some of the bribery cases of Luo Yong, former Secretary of the Party General Branch and President of Tanzhou People's Hospital in Zhongshan City. Luo Yong received red envelope gifts from patients, kickbacks from medical representatives, and formed an "interest alliance" with medical equipment suppliers, receiving high kickbacks from equipment agents, with a involved amount of over 29.8 million yuan. The kickbacks and inflated prices of medication and equipment are included in medical costs, directly leading to difficulties and high costs for the public to seek medical treatment. After the removal of the "medical beetle", the procurement cost of hospitals and the cost of medical treatment for the public have significantly decreased. According to statistics, the average outpatient and inpatient expenses of the hospital decreased by 16.6% and 21.4% year-on-year from January to May this year, and the per capita medical cost decreased by more than 1400 yuan.
On August 2nd, the official website of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission issued a notice on adjusting the member units and division of responsibilities of the Guangdong Province Joint Mechanism for Correcting Unhealthy Practices in the Field of Medical Purchasing and Sales and Medical Services, stating that the Guangdong Province Joint Mechanism for Correcting Unhealthy Practices in the Field of Medical Purchasing and Sales and Medical Services will be adjusted. According to the Notice, the joint working mechanism consists of 13 departments including the Provincial Health Commission, Provincial Department of Education, Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Provincial Department of Public Security, Provincial Department of Finance, Provincial Department of Commerce, Provincial Audit Department, Provincial State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Provincial Taxation Bureau, Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau, Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau, and Provincial Drug Administration. With various regions following suit, this medical anti-corruption storm is about to reach its climax, and the industry atmosphere will be further purified.
According to incomplete statistics from industry media, as of August 6, 2023, 168 hospital deans and secretaries have been publicly reported as being investigated nationwide.
The anti-corruption of the medical system continues to upgrade, and pharmaceutical and medical stocks continue to decline
The anti-corruption storm in the medical field is still ongoing, and the anti-corruption measures of relevant departments in the pharmaceutical field are also continuously upgrading.
On July 21st, the official website of the National Health Commission announced that the Commission, together with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Security, the National Audit Office, the State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the National Medical Insurance Administration, the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Medical Products Administration, will jointly hold a video conference to deploy a one-year nationwide campaign to address corruption in the pharmaceutical industry.
On July 28th, a video conference was held in Beijing to mobilize and deploy the coordination of disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies in carrying out the centralized rectification of corruption in the national pharmaceutical industry. The conference emphasized the deepening of systematic governance in the entire field, chain, and coverage of the pharmaceutical industry.
The whole country is resolutely punishing corruption in the pharmaceutical industry with a zero tolerance attitude. Affected by this, in the past week, A-share and Hong Kong pharmaceutical stocks have continued to decline, and the stock prices of several pharmaceutical giants have plummeted. Among them, the pharmaceutical sector of the Hong Kong stock market has collectively fallen since August 8th, with China National Pharmaceutical Group closing down more than 15%, Lizhu Pharmaceutical falling more than 13%, and Hehuang Pharmaceutical and Xinda Biotechnology falling more than 11%. The index of innovative drugs, biopharmaceuticals, chemical generic drugs and other sectors in the A-share market has dropped significantly, with Hanshang Group and Lizhu Group hitting the limit, Yipinhong falling more than 16%, and Yuekang Pharmaceutical falling more than 10%.
Hospital deans have become a high-risk group for corruption, and experts point out that their roots are in the hospital's revenue generation efforts
Based on the corruption cases in multiple medical systems that have been announced nationwide, it can be seen that hospital leaders at all levels, represented by deans, have become a high-risk group for corruption, and key figures in medical institutions have become the focus of this round of medical anti-corruption efforts.
In this regard, Li Ling, Director of the China Health Development Research Center at Peking University and an expert in healthcare reform, publicly stated: "Medical corruption is actually linked to revenue generation. Some hospitals invest over 30 million yuan in medical equipment, while the darker ones may be taken by the hospital director. Sometimes it may be taken by the hospital director. This phenomenon has been going on for many years, and behind it is actually a problem with the system and mechanism. It is because we have given hospitals too much autonomy now, and the country basically does not care about the hospital's investment, operation, and distribution. Once the director of a hospital takes office, basically all of the hospital's daily operations are under his control. He has to generate income on his own, so you can imagine how much corruption space this has given the director?" "
How should we root out medical corruption? Li Ling's suggestion is: hospitals should not be allowed to generate revenue, but doctors should be allowed to receive decent income. She pointed out, "For a period of time, we had to do business even in the military. Later, education was no longer allowed to generate income, and the military was no longer allowed to do business. The healthcare reform in 2003 and 2009 should actually be like education and the military, not allowing doctors to generate income, and the government should provide guarantees for the operation of doctors and hospitals. In addition, drugs are also a guarantee, and all medical insurance, medical care, and medicine should achieve coordinated development."
