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Hoai Duc General Hospital in Hanoi's Hoai Duc District has been denounced for duplicating 1,000 blood test results for around 2,000 patients. The test results were given to patients between July, 2012 and May, 2013, according to medical files recorded at the hospital following a report by Vietnam Television (VTV). Each test result was used for between 2-5 patients. For instance, indicators listed in the blood test results of a 22-month-old child were the same as the results of a 65-year-old patient. A 68-year-old patient with high blood pressure also shared the same results as a 41-year-old patient who was suffering from an arm injury. The case was brought to light following a letter from Doctor Hoang Thi Nguyet who had worked for more than 20 years in the hospital laboratory, according to VTV. The letter stated that the hospital's director, Nguyen Tri Liem, allowed unprofessional health workers to conduct blood tests who threw blood samples and duplicated results from previous … [Read more...] about Hospital’s bogus blood tests ‘an insurance scam’ DTiNews

Hoai Duc General Hospital in Hanoi's Hoai Duc District has been denounced for duplicating 1,000 blood test results for around 2,000 patients. Hoai Duc General Hospital. Photo by Dtinews The test results were given to patients between July, 2012 and May, 2013, according to medical files recorded at the hospital following a report by Vietnam Television (VTV). Each test result was used for between 2-5 patients. For instance, indicators listed in the blood test results of a 22-month-old child were the same as the results of a 65-year-old patient. A 68-year-old patient with high blood pressure also shared the same results as a 41-year-old patient who was suffering from an arm injury. The case was brought to light following a letter from Doctor Hoang Thi Nguyet who had worked for more than 20 years in the hospital laboratory, according to VTV. The letter stated that the hospital's director, Nguyen Tri Liem, allowed unprofessional health workers to conduct blood tests who threw … [Read more...] about Hospital’s bogus blood tests ‘an insurance scam’