Kaplan Hospital Accused of Taking Patient Blood Samples for Research Without Consent
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Kaplan Medical Center's management filed a complaint against Professor Kobi George for allegedly taking patient blood samples for research without informed consent. This follows a previous scandal involving irregularities in cardiology resident training under his supervision. An external review committee is investigating the hospital and health fund, including Professor George and Professor Zion Hagay. The blood sample issue requires Helsinki Committee approval and individual patient consent, which are allegedly missing.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Kaplan Hospital management filed a complaint against Prof. Kobi George over alleged unauthorized blood sample collection for research.
- Blood samples were reportedly taken from patients for research without their informed consent.
- This follows a previous scandal where cardiology residents skipped required training phases.
- The Ministry of Health is investigating the hospital's management and health fund.
- Prof. Zion Hagay, head of the National Medical Association, is also involved in the investigation.
Kaplan Medical Center's management has filed a complaint against Professor Kobi George, the director of the hospital's Cardiology Department, on suspicion of taking blood samples from patients for research purposes without their informed consent. This new controversy emerges less than two months after revelations of irregularities in the specialization training of doctors within Kaplan's Cardiology Department. Previously, it was reported that under Professor George's guidance, cardiology residents had been skipping the internal medicine specialization phase entirely. Professor George has continued in his role since that previous exposure.
The Ministry of Health has established an external review committee to investigate the conduct of the hospital management and the health fund. The committee is also examining the involvement of Professor Zion Hagay, who chairs Kaplan's specialization committee and also heads the National Medical Association. Professor Hagay, along with the director of the internal medicine department who allegedly signed fictitious specialization documents, has been summoned for questioning.
Simultaneously, the issue of blood samples taken for research has surfaced at Kaplan. The suspicion is that these samples were collected from patients without their informed consent. Medical research requires approval from a Helsinki Committee, and even after approval, the consent of each participant is mandatory. The previous scandal in the cardiology department also involved falsified training records, where internal medicine training was documented as completed when it had not occurred, leading to doctors receiving cardiology specialist certificates without full training.
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