Senior Hospital Official Questioned Over Unauthorized Blood Sample Collection
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
A senior official at Kaplan Medical Center is being investigated for allegedly taking patient blood samples for research without consent. The hospital filed a complaint, leading to the detention of three suspects, including the senior official. This investigation is connected to a prior scandal where the same official was accused of falsifying training records for cardiology interns.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- A senior Kaplan Medical Center official is under investigation for unauthorized blood sample collection.
- The hospital filed a complaint, leading to three suspects being detained for questioning.
- The blood sample collection was allegedly for research purposes without patient consent.
- This investigation is linked to a previous scandal involving falsified training records for interns.
- The hospital's accreditation for training cardiology interns was previously threatened over the training scandal.
A senior official at Kaplan Medical Center is under investigation on suspicion of involvement in taking blood samples from patients for research purposes without their consent. The hospital filed a complaint with the police about a month ago after learning of the unauthorized blood collection. Two other individuals have also been detained for questioning.
The police confirmed they opened an investigation following a complaint about suspected illegal blood sample collection at a medical center in central Israel. Investigators from the Central District's Fraud and Cybercrime Unit detained three suspects for questioning, and the investigation is ongoing.
Kaplan Medical Center had announced three weeks prior that it had filed the complaint after the incident came to light during laboratory research activities within the cardiology department. At that time, the hospital stated that a senior official had been suspended from their position. Their name is currently under gag order as the matter has become a criminal suspicion.
The investigation into the blood samples is linked to a separate issue concerning the training of cardiology interns at the hospital. Approximately two months ago, an intern revealed that the same senior official allegedly authorized cardiology interns to skip training stages by falsifying hospital records. Following this revelation, the Israel Medical Association decided to revoke the hospital's accreditation to train cardiology interns as long as the senior official remained part of the department's staff.
