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14 Sep 2011
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Diversion of patients to the private sector: Corruption metamorphoses at the CHP
The health sector in the Essaouira province had gained new momentum over the past year. Honest and upright medical staff as well as citizens began to understand that the mediocrity and irresponsibility of some were not inevitable, and that change was possible thanks to the goodwill and involvement of all stakeholders. But corruption, which changed form due to the blockade imposed by the new administration, has once again managed to improve its methods in plain sight of everyone.
For several months, many services have begun to serve as a bridgehead for a private health structure that has opened its doors. Certainly, the structure was well received by citizens who are always calling for a democratisation of the health map at the regional level, but the practices adopted by some with the aim of getting patients to use the services of this structure have been poorly received by the inhabitants."It is a common practice in all the cities of the Kingdom. Surgeons and doctors in the public sector offer you their services in a specific private clinic, in exchange for an invoice that will include a formal part and another 'under the table' for the benefit of said doctors. We can only denounce this illegal and immoral practice, because the quality and comfort of the private sector should be a free choice according to the patients' purchasing power," a citizen told us, not…
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