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Mediamax, Armenia
Oct 5 2012
Medical institutions bought medicines at three times higher prices
Yerevan/Mediamax/. A number of hospitals bought medicines from
companies producing, importing and selling medicines without a tender.
Presenting the results of studies carried out in this sphere, Chief
Expert of the Analytical Department of the State Committee for the
Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) of Armenia, Manuk
Mikaelyan, said that it was up to medical institutions to decide from
where to buy medicines and they bought them even at three times higher
prices, Mediamax reports.
According to him, the market price for `Amloditin', which has a vital
social importance, makes AMD 850, however the hospitals bought it for
AMD 4800.
The expert noted that Shirak, Lori and Yerevan are on the first three
places by the number of violations. He went on adding that the medical
institutions cooperated with specific drugstores, sending their
patients there. Thus, over AMD 1.5bln damage has been caused to the
state budget.
According to SCPEC decision, the facts on the embezzlement of public
funds and abuse will be sent to the Prosecutor General's Office.
From: Baghdasarian
Oct 5 2012
Medical institutions bought medicines at three times higher prices
Yerevan/Mediamax/. A number of hospitals bought medicines from
companies producing, importing and selling medicines without a tender.
Presenting the results of studies carried out in this sphere, Chief
Expert of the Analytical Department of the State Committee for the
Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) of Armenia, Manuk
Mikaelyan, said that it was up to medical institutions to decide from
where to buy medicines and they bought them even at three times higher
prices, Mediamax reports.
According to him, the market price for `Amloditin', which has a vital
social importance, makes AMD 850, however the hospitals bought it for
AMD 4800.
The expert noted that Shirak, Lori and Yerevan are on the first three
places by the number of violations. He went on adding that the medical
institutions cooperated with specific drugstores, sending their
patients there. Thus, over AMD 1.5bln damage has been caused to the
state budget.
According to SCPEC decision, the facts on the embezzlement of public
funds and abuse will be sent to the Prosecutor General's Office.
From: Baghdasarian