This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press-Abdel Latif Baraka
In an exciting development witnessed by the city of Tangier, elements of the Royal Gendarmerie carried out, during the night from Wednesday to Thursday evening, a qualitative raid inside the university hospital, which ended by the arrest of a newly qualified doctor specializing in resuscitation and anesthesia, and a nurse, against a backdrop of suspicion of falsification of medical prescriptions and illegal sale of subsidized medicines.
Case Details
According to private sources, the arrest builds on an investigation that continued for some time, targeting the two suspects after the Royal Gendarmerie received a complaint regarding their involvement in issuing counterfeit prescriptions for drugs. expensive, delivered exclusively in university hospitals. According to the preliminary investigation, it was found that the doctor obtained these subsidized medicines and then resold them at high prices outside the legal frameworks.
The story began when a doctor prescribed an expensive medication to a patient with a medical condition, even though the medication was not necessary for his condition. The patient was then referred to an entity presenting itself as an association which provides this medicine at a low price, where the patient paid a sum of 10 thousand dirhams to obtain the medicine. But the surprise came when the patient tried to present documents to obtain compensation from the National Social Security Fund, only to discover that the medicines were provided free of charge within the university hospital, which aroused his suspicions and opened an investigation.
Arrest and legal proceedings:
During the investigations, the doctor and the nurse were placed under theoretical guard measures and listened to. It is expected that the detainees will be referred tomorrow, Saturday December 21, to the attention of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Tangier Court of First Instance to complete the legal procedures. Investigations are expected to reveal more details about the involvement of the two suspects in this case, which has sparked widespread controversy among citizens in recent days.
Furthermore, this incident raises questions about the possibility of the existence of networks of smuggling and sale of subsidized drugs in university hospitals, and it is expected that investigations will continue to reveal the extent of this phenomenon in the near future.
The public prosecutor should forward the file to the investigating judge in order to follow up on this case which undermines the credibility of the city's health sector, at a time when the authorities seek to fight corruption and provide quality health services. health care for citizens.
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