Temporary hospital temporary staff take out mask and resell at about 10 times sale Iwate February 29 19:24

As masks became scarce due to the spread of the new coronavirus, it was found that temporary staff at a prefectural hospital in Iwate Prefecture had taken out 480 masks from the workplace without permission and resold them, and the prefecture reported the damage to the police. I am.

The temporary mask for the workplace was resold by a female worker in their 40s working at the prefectural Ninohe Hospital in Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture.

According to Iwate Prefecture, the staff took out 480 masks, 60 boxes per mask, a total of 480 pieces from the hospital warehouse twice a day, on 16th and 24th of this month, and resold it using the Internet flea market app. That is.

When the consumption of masks suddenly increased, the hospital began investigating, and on the 27th, the staff offered to take it out, and the mask taken out was about 10 times the original price. It was sold for 15,000 yen.

In response to the hospital's investigation, the staff said that they had done something very sorry, and Iwate Prefecture will report the damage to the police and consider disposal.

"I am extremely regrettable that such a case has happened in the whole prefecture to tackle a new type of coronavirus, and I am deeply afraid to the residents of the prefecture," said Yoshifumi Mita, Deputy Director of the Iwate Prefectural Medical Bureau.