At a hospital in Chiba Prefecture, where corruption cases have been one after another, a former employee in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of bribery. It is believed that he received the equivalent of 200 million yen in home appliances and other items in return for favoring the vendor, and this is the fourth person to be arrested in a corruption case at this hospital.
The newly arrested suspect is Toshihiko Shimizu, 38, a former employee of the Higashi Chiba Medical Center, which is operated by a local independent administrative agency in Togane City.
According to the police, in 3, three years ago when he was serving as the section chief of the Finance Division, he received a total of 2020 home appliances and furniture worth 37 million yen from the vendor in return for facilitating the selection of suppliers of goods, etc., and is suspected of bribery for making him pay more than 200,60 yen for rent for his condominium.
Tadayuki Kume, a 60-year-old former head of the hospital's general affairs division, who has already been charged with another corruption case for receiving 470 items of home appliances and furniture worth 47.2 million yen in return for favoring the same vendor, was also rearrested.
Police have not confirmed the identities of the two men, saying they would interfere with the investigation.
In addition to the two cases, a former chief engineer of the School of Clinical Engineering has been convicted and a former acting chief of the Medical Affairs Division has been indicted.
President of Higashi Chiba Medical Center: "We sincerely regret and strive to restore trust"
Regarding the arrest of the former staff, Dr. Yoichi Kono, President of Higashi Chiba Medical Center, commented, "We sincerely regret and sincerely apologize for the series of corruption cases, and we will strive to improve our operations and restore trust so that we can contribute to regional medical care."