Infinite Streamer - Chapter 426: The hospital is the easiest place to kill people

Under its jurisdiction, local education departments and medical institutions colluded with each other, forming an unhealthy atmosphere of collusion.

The admissions process, which should have been fair and transparent, has become a secret operation; the selection and promotion of outstanding teachers no longer depends on their teaching ability and professional ethics, but on who can establish connections or offer enough bribes.

Similarly, chaos is rampant in medical institutions, and the drug procurement process is rife with power-for-money transactions. Some doctors, in order to pursue personal gain, over-prescribe or even prescribe unnecessary, high-priced drugs, which seriously damages the interests and health of patients.

However, Shang, who was extremely greedy and reaped a lot of rewards, was not satisfied with this.

Every bidding for a major project became a stage for him to solicit and accept bribes at will. In order to win the bid, many companies had to bribe him and some hospital leaders, and the amount of money was staggering.

This behavior not only seriously undermines the environment of fair competition in the market, but also deprives those truly capable and honest companies of the opportunity to participate equally.

If this continues, the quality of education in the entire region will decline, the problems of difficulty and high cost of medical treatment for the people will become increasingly prominent, and social credibility will be greatly impacted.

Just talking about the medical sector, local people are afraid to seek medical treatment when they are sick, and they would rather avoid going to the hospital if possible. This mentality of the people towards medical treatment is all due to the increasingly serious medical corruption.

Marketing costs account for more than 60% of drug prices, and a large part of it becomes "black money" to bribe hospital-related personnel.

This means that medical corruption has become an important driving force behind the high cost of medical care.

In addition, it is also very common for doctors to prescribe excessive amounts of medicine, resell patients, and accept kickbacks and red envelopes.

Medical workers demand money from patients or their families, which strains the doctor-patient relationship. "Treat people differently based on their status" has become the norm, with those who receive red envelopes and those who don't receive them being treated differently. Those who receive red envelopes are treated with extra care, while those who don't are treated coldly.

Under the promotion of Deputy Mayor Shang, a collusive medical corruption interest chain has formed in the region's medical system.

Commercial bribery in the medical and health sector is more concentrated in the procurement of medical equipment, consumables and drugs, and the medical corruption interest chain is astonishing.

Although according to regulations, all equipment exceeding a certain amount must be purchased through bidding at the Municipal Procurement Center, the hospital and the department using the equipment have the right to decide on the configuration and parameters of the equipment.

Therefore, medical equipment manufacturers and agents are willing to spend a lot of money to bribe hospital department heads and supervisors, so that these bribe recipients set procurement standards according to the instrument parameters provided by the bribers, which is equivalent to "targeted bidding."

Shang also abused his power and instructed a dean to arrange for a chief physician to use special means to secretly treat a female cadre named Wang, who had an affair with him and blackmailed him, during treatment in the hospital, resulting in her death.

After all, a hospital is the easiest place to kill someone.