A former employee of a municipal hospital in Uda City, Nara Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of bribery for receiving more than 500,000 yen in cash in return for the convenience of a contractor over the introduction of equipment to accept patients with the new coronavirus. rice field.
The person arrested was Muneaki Tatsuda, a 53-year-old former employee of Uda City Hospital.
According to police, former employee Tatsuta was bridged last June for receiving more than 500,000 yen in cash in return for the convenience of the contractor over the introduction of a device called a "simple negative pressure device" to accept patients with the new corona. There is a suspicion of.
In addition, a company officer in Sakai City, Osaka, * Tetsuya Takai (50) was arrested on suspicion of bribery.
The introduction of the equipment was ordered from a medical equipment sales company in Nara prefecture after a bid in March last year, but former employee Tatsuta can introduce his * Takai officer's company to this company and receive orders for subcontracting work. It means that he worked on it.
In response to the investigation, both of them admit the suspicion.
Former employee Tatsuta was in charge of bidding and selection of contractors at the Uda City Hospital secretariat until he retired in August last year, so police searched the hospital on the night of the 15th and seized related materials. I will investigate the details of the situation.
* "High" means ladder height