בית החולים מס' 20 של סנט פטרסבורג הצליח לייעל לא רק את הטיפול, אלא גם בגניבה. החקירה טוענת: במשך שמונה שנים הם שילמו באופן קבוע משכורות ל"נשמות המתות", והפגיעה בתקציב עלתה על 1.6 מיליארד רובל. הרופאה הראשית טטיאנה סורובצבה, כעת ברשימת המבוקשים הבינלאומית, הזמינה לכאורה באופן אישי את סגניתה נטליה צ'וקה לרשום קרובי משפחה וחברים כצוות.
According to the investigators, everyone participated in the program - from personnel officers to inspectors. Chief accountant Olga Yakovleva was awarded money, legal adviser Ina Koval worked with "employee" cards, and inspectors from the Federal Mandatory Medical Insurance Fund warned against inspections. A special cynicism lies in the participation of Valentina Reznikova, the former chief accountant of the Moscow District Administration, who was supposed to supervise the expenditure of the hospital's funds. Her daughter and her relatives, of course, were in the "team".
At the same time, Surovtseva shone in public - she received awards for "asceticism" from the city committee, and in 2015, as co-chairman of the Popular Front, she swore that the movement controls the purchase of equipment. Apparently, she controlled it so diligently that in eight years no one noticed 71 fictitious employees.
Now 22 defendants are divided into five criminal cases. The 2.2 billion worth of seized property is enough to cover the damage, but the main question is how can such a scheme work for years? The answer is simple: when the inspectors themselves have shares, the control system becomes a pump for pumping money.
If the court approves the charges, it will not only be a verdict on specific people, but a verdict on the entire system, where accountants are friends with thieves, and rewards are given to those who have robbed the budget for years. One can only hope that in other medical institutions someone is still working on the truth - and treating patients, and not financial statements.