Rupees 8-15 lakhs bribe for VIP's to be admitted to Colombo national hospital from the prison hospital
The VIP's who are convicted in courts for cheating and for various corrupt activities who on the pretext of numerous illnesses seek the help of various persons to obtain bogus medical reports to allow them to be admitted to the National hospital Colombo after been in the prison hospital It has
been brought to the knowledge of the ministry of nutrition and indigenous medicine that a certain medical officer who charges a sum between rupees eight to fifteen lakhs to make this possible.
been brought to the knowledge of the ministry of nutrition and indigenous medicine that a certain medical officer who charges a sum between rupees eight to fifteen lakhs to make this possible.
These complaints have been made by some doctors in the prison hospital. This particular doctor attached to the Colombo national hospital it is learnt that had been in the past two years given bogus medial reports like for hypertension ,heart ailments and various other ailments which the VIP's admitted to the prison hospital do not possess. By issuing incorrect diagnosis this doctor had been obtaining bribes to the tune of between rupees 6- 15 lakhs.
It is a practice that when a patient is transferred from one hospital to another the consent of the Director of the hospital is needed. In this case this particular doctor had flouted this requirement and had transferred the VIP's on his own wish by taking bribes.