The service cost of city hospitals has already exceeded 108 billion lira: It continues to swallow billions

According to the data of the Ministry of Health; In the first 9 months of this year, 108 billion 95 million 117 thousand 871 liras were spent for city hospitals in the public-private partnership model, for which approximately 111 billion 100 million liras were spent last year. According to the same data, over 45 billion liras were spent on hospital service fees in the last four months.

In the last month, 7 billion 316 million 708 thousand 479 liras were paid for hospitals. It was noteworthy that this figure exceeded the ministry's 9-month expenditures on some topics. For example; In the past 9 months, 5 billion 166 million 992 thousand 704 TL were spent on emergency health services. Approximately 2 billion 659 million liras were spent in 9 months to combat addiction, and 2 billion 336 million liras were spent on activities to prevent addiction. Expenditures for anti-cancer activities in 9 months remained at 213 million 654 thousand 481 liras. Only 588 thousand 99 lira was paid for mental health services.

EVEN DAMAGED DEVICES ARE NOT REPAIRED

On the other hand, the ministry's Court of Accounts report also states that the companies operating city hospitals, where billions are spent on service fees; It was stated that it does not cover the repair costs of malfunctioning or damaged medical equipment. The report stated, "It has been determined that defective medical equipment is not repaired by the companies in charge without any preliminary evaluation, on the other hand, defective medical equipment cannot be covered by insurance due to high insurance deductibles, and there are defective equipment that have not been repaired for a long time, and this situation causes disruptions in the provision of health services."