Healthcare
Patients in Cantonal Hospital Zenica typically must wait more than a year for cardiac ultrasounds.
Centar za istraživačko novinarstvo (CIN)
01.3.2016
Patients in Cantonal Hospital Zenica typically must wait more than a year for cardiac ultrasounds.
With a helping hand of a renowned Bihać physician, orthopedic outlets misused public health funds for production of disability aids in Una-Sana Canton.
Una-Sana Health Care Fund revoked license for dispensing subsidized medicine from doctors Amir Cerić, Mehmed Hukić, Hajrudin Omerović and Refika Purić-Sarajlija.
Some doctors and pharmacist found a way to enrich themselves through fake and fraudulent prescription orders that are subsidized by Una Sana Health Care Fund.
A former director of the Public Institution Clinics of Sarajevo Canton hired friends and the relatives of colleagues for years without authorization.
Esed Radeljaš was head of the agency that allocates money for health care in Sarajevo Canton even though he’d been convicted of fraud and forgery.
The Sarajevo Clinical Center has bought equipment for freezing semen but instead of using it, sends patients to private clinics where they incur additional costs.
Regulations guaranteeing that all residents of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina pay the same for medical treatment were adopted five years ago. But, the cantons are not implementing them and not even children or pensioners have the same rights with respect to public health care.
Over the past five years just one doctor has been sentenced for corruption, while two were acquitted in BiH.
During the May flooding, rivers deposited heavy metals over agricultural plots, poisoning some fruits and vegetables. People whose gardens and yards were affected were never told what to do about the toxins.
Just four of the 154 health workers reported for medical negligence in BiH ended up sentenced. Their errors led to deaths and disabilities, but mostly did not affect their careers.
Dr. Amila Cvijetić-Koldžo worked with patients for more than a year after she had been sentenced to three years in prison. Even in prison she retains her license to practice.
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