Agrigento: Over 100 Penile Prostheses Paid for by the National Health Service: Five Doctors Under Investigation
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Five doctors at the San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Agrigento, including three chief physicians, are under investigation by the prosecutor's office for an alleged scheme that allowed penile prosthesis procedures, which are normally paid for, to be performed at the expense of the National Health Service. Over one hundred penile prostheses implanted free of charge, the hospital faces a storm. The investigation, coordinated by […] The article "Over…
Five doctors from Agrigento face prosecution for more than one hundred penile prostheses provided free of charge by the health system. Read the full scandal in Italy, penile prostheses paid for by the public health system: 5 doctors under investigation on Notizie.it.
Five doctors at the San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Agrigento have been placed under investigation as part of an investigation. The article "Agrigento, over 100 penile prostheses paid for by the National Health Service: five doctors under investigation" comes from Blitz Quotidiano.
The Agrigento Public Prosecutor's Office has placed five doctors, including two senior physicians, at the San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Agrigento under investigation. The alleged crime is, to say the least, bizarre: they allegedly implanted over 100 penile prostheses through the National Health Service (NHS), thus placing the burden of surgery on the public health system that would normally be covered by a fee, because they did not […] The art…
They are doctors from two different departments of St. John of God hospital
Penile prostheses do not fall under the essential levels of care (Lea) and expenditure is covered by public health only in rare specific cases, such as cancer patients
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