Agrigento: Over 100 Penile Prostheses Paid for by the National Health Service: Five Doctors Under Investigation

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Five doctors at the San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Agrigento have been placed under investigation as part of an investigation. The article "Agrigento, over 100 penile prostheses paid for by the National Health Service: five doctors under investigation" comes from Blitz Quotidiano.

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The Agrigento Public Prosecutor's Office has placed five doctors, including two senior physicians, at the San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Agrigento under investigation. The alleged crime is, to say the least, bizarre: they allegedly implanted over 100 penile prostheses through the National Health Service (NHS), thus placing the burden of surgery on the public health system that would normally be covered by a fee, because they did not […] The art…

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They are doctors from two different departments of St. John of God hospital

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Penile prostheses do not fall under the essential levels of care (Lea) and expenditure is covered by public health only in rare specific cases, such as cancer patients

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An investigation in Agrigento is scrutinizing over one hundred procedures. Five doctors at the San Giovanni di Dio hospital, three of them senior doctors, are under investigation for allegedly charging the National Health Service for procedures that patients normally pay for out of pocket. At the center of the investigation are penile prostheses, devices that can cost more than 8 […] The article "Penile prostheses at state expense, storm in Sici…

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Five doctors at St. John of God Hospital in Agrigento, including three primary doctors, are investigated by the prosecutor for an alleged system that would have allowed...