Lamborghinis Show $116 Million South Africa Hospital Graft
(Bloomberg)-Criminal trade unions in South Africa, property in private places, Lamborghinis, Bentley and a luxurious boat, including a cup assets, a hospital operated by the state spent badly earned gains.
According to a report made by the Special Investigation Unit, at least three major syndications and state government officials and health workers, along with the Tembisa Hospital in the north of Johannesburg, were coordinated to provide a looting of more than 2 billion Rand ($ 116 million).
The investigation of the Anti -Corruption Organization, they skipped the supply processes, won contracts using fraudulent documents, and received payments for not supplied in many cases.
“This amazing amount, which is designed to provide health services to the most vulnerable ones, was brutally released through a complex fraud and corruption network representing a terrible betrayal against the trust of the country,” he said.
The report emphasizes another common example of the widespread graft in the most industrialized economy of Africa, the most industrialized economy that focuses on the supply of basic services from electricity to water.
In addition, the government brings concerns about the National Health Insurance Application Plan, which aims to provide universal access to the citizens through a ruled state fund, which purchases the service from public and private providers.
Probe is following the 2021 assassination of Babita Deokaran, a health worker and information guard, who marked millions of randoms in suspicious payments at Tembisa Hospital.
In addition to the criminal unions, SIU has been identified at least 15 existing and former officials for the appointment of service providers at the facility since then.
“In essence, the authorities were active participants in the wrong field of application, or a blind eye, which allowed the public wallet to be looted by a combination with third parties with a combination of ill -treatment and agreement,” he said.
An analysis shows that the goods purchased by the hospital are “significant extremely expensive” compared to the market rates.
Medical equipment expenditures increased from 315.4 million RAND to 979.2 million Rand in 2019 in 2019. Although Covid-19 pandema affected some prices, neighboring hospitals did not show similar trends.
Expenditures fell to 255 million RAND in 12 months by March 2024, which is a development with a problem.
The agency is waiting to complete a complete investigation until November 2027. Meanwhile, he referred to the authority of the National Prosecutor’s Office, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority and the Gauteng Ministry of Health.
In addition, it plans to initiate civilian transactions against people in Graft and to save money from service providers and authorities, including freezing and recovering the assets of the authorities.
Sibongiseni Dhlomo, President of the Health Portfolio Committee of the Parliament, said, “Such guilt cannot be punished,” he said. He added that the body will try to ensure that the integrity of the health system is protected according to the interests of all South Africans.
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