Major Scandal Allegation at KSU Faculty of Medicine Hospital: “Outdated and Disposable Materials Reused
President of Kahramanmaraş Health Association Hanifi Çöplü, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University (KSU) Disposable and expired medical supplies at the Faculty of Medicine Hospital, He claimed that the barcodes were changed and reused on other patients.. Çöplü stated that they brought the issue to CİMER and the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office., He emphasized that suspicious patient deaths due to infection should also be investigated in this context..
Allegations are collected under three main headings
In the hospital's sterilization unit, approximately 6 Hanifi Çöplü, who claimed that irregular transactions have been carried out for years, He stated that the allegations have three serious dimensions:
Outdated Stents: It was claimed that the package and date information of expired stents were renewed and shown as if they were installed in patients.. It was stated that the legal process regarding this issue has started..
Unfair Gain in Saphenous Materials: It is used for vein removal in bypass surgeries and is normally disposable. 650 saphenous materials worth euros, It was suggested that it was re-sterilized and used in different patients.. For the materials in question, approximately 1.250 Çöplü, who claimed that he was charged in euros, “The most important question here is, Who does this money go to?. Did the company buy it?, Did the hospital buy it or did someone else make a profit?? The investigation has begun” he said.
Barcode Game on Catheters: It was claimed that the packages of expired catheters were opened, their expiration dates were changed, and new barcodes were printed on them and used in patients.. garbage, He emphasized that a hospital is not a production center and stated that re-printing barcodes on disposable materials is unacceptable..
”Suspicious Deaths Should Be Investigated”
Çöplü argues that these irregular practices pose serious infection risks to patients and that hundreds of victim patients have died., drew attention to the recent suspicious deaths:
”Approximately 7 Had a kidney transplant months ago 2 We know that the patient died due to infection.. 2They were transplanted with a kidney from a cadaver on the same day and they died 2 days apart.. It also needs to be investigated whether there is a connection between these deaths and the materials used.”
”Staff Objected, We Have the Documents”
President of the Health Association, stating that they have forwarded all information and documents regarding the issue to the competent authorities., He said that they had correspondence indicating that some staff working in the sterilization unit of the hospital objected to these practices..
Reminding that the state has the power to replace such medical supplies, Çöplü, He called for these allegations, which both threaten public health and provide unfair profit, to be revealed in all their aspects.. The process of the judicial and administrative investigation regarding the incident is being followed..
Source: TGRT NEWS
