Two Romanian doctors taken into custody for taking bribe over three child surgeries

Two doctors from the Grigore Alexandrescu children's hospital in Bucharest were taken into custody after allegedly receiving a bribe to operate on three children. The Police found RON 6,000 (around EUR 1,360 ) in their pockets at the time of the search. Surgeon Gheorghe Ştefan Ozsvath and anesthesiologist Florin Rusu were taken into custody for having taken a bribe, and prosecutors are asking the court for 29-day preventive arrest in their case.

According to prosecutors, the surgeon allegedly receive RON 1,800 to operate on three children, or RON 600 per child. Following the search, RON 3,000 were found in his pockets. The anesthesiologist allegedly took RON 150 for one surgery, and RON 200 for each of the other two. He also had around RON 3,000 in his pockets at the time of the search. In Romania, a very good surgeon who works in a state unit can earn a salary of maximum EUR 1,000, according to healthcare commentators. Romania has a deficit of healthcare personnel, with many doctors choosing to work abroad, where salaries are around four times higher than those in Romania, according to recruiters editor@romania-insider.com (photo source: sxc.hu)