On October 31, information from the Inspectorate of the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, the unit has just discovered the General Clinic of the August Clinic Co., Ltd. (August General Clinic; 74 Cach Mang Thang Tam,Vo Thi Sau Ward, District 3) "Draw disease, make money" patients.
The August Clinic (74 Cach Mang Thang Tam, Vo Thi Sau Ward, District 3).(Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health)
Accordingly, on October 30, the Inspectorate of the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City received information from the family members of a pregnant woman who was retained to "draw illnesses, new money" at the August General Clinic.
The mother of the pregnant woman said that on October 29, she took her son to the examination to have an abortion and was consulted at 10 million VND.
Here, pregnant women are given medication to "pregnancy".Before returning, the doctor added 2 pills and told the pregnant woman to go home to drink, re -appointment a day later.
On the day of re -examination, pregnant women were examined by a female doctor, appointed to inject and cesareans.During the examination, the pregnant woman was reported to the fetus because of the big fetus, so this was a difficult case, had to make a painless package, priced at 65 million.Because she did not have enough money to pay, the family members of the pregnant woman called the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City to ask for help.
Inspectorate of the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has coordinated with the Emergency Center 115 Ho Chi Minh City to transfer patients to Tu Du Hospital for further treatment.
In the process of checking the clinic, the delegation recorded the patient's treatment team including NTV and Nursing Nursing.Dr. NTV received medical examination and treatment for patients and prescribed nourishing drugs, tonic and iron, and the issue of advice and giving the drug suspension is unknown.
Meanwhile, LTTN nursing confirmed that there is advice on painless abortion service package for patients for 65 million VND, higher than the initial consulting price of 10 million.This nurse also arbitrarily let patients hold 2 pills to suspend Misoprostol 200mcg pregnancy, not as directed by the doctor.
According to the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, the August General Clinic was granted a license for medical examination and treatment by the Department in August, 2022 by the LNB Doctor, who was responsible for technical expertise, the YHD doctor was in charge of the Department of Obstetrics,Including the technique of "drug abortion for pregnancy for 7 weeks".
However, before that, Dr. YHD was sanctioned by the Department of Health by the Department of Health, depriving the right to use the certificate of medical examination and treatment for 2 months (starting in September 2024).
This clinic has also been sanctioned by the Department of Health by the Department of Health in 2022, 2023 and 2024 for violations such as: The practitioner does not register for medical examination and treatment in accordance with the law.;Trading of goods of unknown origin, origin, deprivation of the right to use certificates of medical examination and treatment for a definite term ...
Currently, the Department of Health has transferred the file to the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department to investigate and prosecute the clinic for violations of the law that directly affects the health and interests of the people.
The Inspectorate of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health requested the establishment to temporarily suspend all medical examination and treatment activities at the time of checking until the case was completed.