A 41 -year -old nursing technique was arrested after offering and charging for alternative treatment For a patient from the Sílvio Avidos State Hospital in Colatina, Espírito Santo.
According to the State Department of Health (Sesa), the suspicion is accused of charging an unusual amount for the purchase of a drug that would help in treatment, a practice that violates the care protocols promoted by the Unified Health System (SUS) that guarantees all hospital procedures for free.
According to the Civil Police, the woman was “filed in the act by qualified estelionato and sent to the Provisional Detention Center (CDP)”.
Sesa also reported that the hospital called the Military Police and the Public Prosecution Service, who went to the scene to learn about the illegality and that, after that, the proceedings for their resignation have already started.
“The institution stresses that it provides 100% free service, without any kind of collection, and had never received similar complaint,” they reported in a statement to CNN .
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This content was originally published in ES: Nursing technique is arrested after charging for treatment in SUS on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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