Several leading cadres in the medical field have been investigated and investigated in the past two months
A new round of anti-corruption storm blows to the medical field
● Corruption and unhealthy trends in the medical and health field have not only severely damaged the order of the socialist market economy and the principle of fair competition, corrupted social atmosphere, corrupted medical institutions and their staff, but also directly harmed the interests of the masses, leading to tensions in the relationship between doctors and patients. One of the prominent social contradictions widely concerned by the people
● The scientific and effective management of corruption and unhealthy practices in the medical and health sector requires comprehensive policies and multiple measures. It is necessary to further strengthen the construction of the medical and health system's punishment and prevention system, adhere to the principle of treating both symptoms and root causes and comprehensive governance, and use development, reform, management, and supervision Etc., to eradicate the soil where corruption in this field breeds and spreads from the source
● The anti-corruption storm set off in the medical field can maintain a high-pressure anti-corruption situation in the medical field. In the process of promoting positive anti-corruption, explore an innovative way to solve the corruption problem in the medical field from the root, and promote the medical treatment through anti-corruption in the medical field. System reform
Our reporter Chen Lei
Trainee reporter Liu Ziwei
On July 29, the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of the Tibet Autonomous Region announced that Wang Yunting, party secretary and deputy director of the Tibet Autonomous Region Health Commission, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision.
Wang Yunting’s resume shows that he has worked in the hospital for many years. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, and Party Secretary and Acting President of the People’s Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region.
A reporter from the "Rule of Law Daily" noted that since June this year, the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision at all levels has notified and investigated many leading cadres in the medical field.
Experts interviewed by reporters from the "Rules of Law Daily" believe that the medical field itself is prone to corruption, and it is also a key area of corruption that the common people report strongly. Behind the investigation of many leading cadres in the medical field is that this field has become the focus of this year's comprehensive governance of the party and the construction of party style and clean government, and the medical field has been included in the coverage of the supervision law.
In the opinion of the interviewed experts, setting off this anti-corruption storm in the medical field and maintaining a high-pressure situation will help promote the in-depth development of the medical and health system reform.
Anti-corruption in the medical field
Several leading cadres were investigated
55-year-old Wang Yunting is from Xiangcheng, Henan Province and has a doctorate in medicine.
In August 1996, after graduating from Tongji University, Wang Yunting entered the China-Japan Friendship Hospital as an orthopedic physician. For the next 20 years, Wang Yunting has been working at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital.
During this period, he has served as deputy director of the emergency department and director of the science and education department. Since 2006, he has served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital.
In October 2016, Wang Yunting was transferred to the Deputy Secretary and Director of the Party Group of the Tibet Autonomous Region Health and Family Planning Committee, and later concurrently served as the Party Secretary and Acting Dean of the People's Hospital of the Autonomous Region.
In November 2018, Wang Yunting served as Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Tibet Autonomous Region Health Committee after the institutional reform. He has been under investigation until now.
Wang Yunting is not the only leading cadre in the medical field under investigation recently.
On July 15, the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Anqing City, Anhui Province notified that: Gao Jinhua, former deputy secretary of the Party Committee and Dean of the First People's Hospital of Anqing City, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision and investigation.
The First People's Hospital of Anqing City is a large-scale tertiary A general hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, and scientific research in southwestern Anhui. Gao Jinhua, the administrative "top leader" of the tertiary hospital, has been investigated and has attracted social attention.
Public information shows that after graduating from Wannan Medical College, Gao Jinhua entered the Anqing First People's Hospital to work. Since then, he has served as deputy director and deputy dean of neurosurgery at Anqing First People's Hospital.
In 2013, Gao Jinhua was promoted to the deputy secretary and dean of the Party Committee of the First People's Hospital of Anqing City. Since March 2017, he has been the party secretary and dean “on one shoulder”. In July 2019, Gao Jinhua was changed to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Dean of Anqing First People's Hospital.
After Gao Jinhua was investigated and investigated, on the official website of Anqing First People's Hospital, the post of Dean of Anqing First People's Hospital was still vacant.
It is worth noting that when Gao Jinhua presided over the work of Anqing First People's Hospital, Jiang Yinsheng, then deputy director of the Quality Management Supervision Office, and Chen Liangyue, then director of the Department of Pharmacy, were investigated successively.
In addition, on June 2 this year, Yi Jun, the dean of Xiangyin County Rehabilitation Hospital in Hunan Province, was under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law; on June 28, Yang Wenjun, former deputy secretary of the Party Committee and dean of Pu'er People’s Hospital, Yunnan Province, Yang Wenhong, the former vice-president of Pu'er City People’s Hospital was investigated; on July 13, Shang Jihua, the former vice-president of Taizhou People’s Hospital of Jiangsu Province, was dismissed after his retirement...
Peng Xinlin, director of the International Anti-Corruption Education and Research Center of Beijing Normal University, told the reporter of Rule of Law Daily that corruption and unhealthy practices in the medical and health field have not only severely undermined the socialist market economy order and the principle of fair competition, corrupted social atmosphere, and corrupted medical institutions. And its staff have also directly harmed the interests of the masses, leading to tensions between doctors and patients, which has become one of the prominent social contradictions of widespread concern to the masses. The existence of these problems fully shows that it is urgent to strengthen the governance of corruption and unhealthy practices in the medical and health field.
Peng Xinlin said that with the obvious increase in the intensity and strength of the anti-corruption campaign in the medical and health field, the discipline inspection and supervision agencies in various regions have seriously investigated and dealt with a number of corruption cases in the medical field, demonstrating a "zero tolerance" attitude towards corruption in the medical field.
Zhuang Deshui, deputy director of Peking University's Research Center for Integrity Construction, said in an interview with a reporter from the Rule of Law Daily that the medical field itself is prone to corruption due to the influence of the system mechanism and the social environment, and it is also a key area of corruption that the people strongly reflect, which will not only harm The image of hospitals and doctors, at the same time, will destroy the allocation of medical resources, and ultimately harm the interests of hospitals and the people.
In Zhuang Deshui’s view, the disciplinary committees at all levels notified and investigated so many leading cadres in the medical field, indicating two problems. One is that corruption in the medical field is deeply entrenched and it is difficult to manage; the other is that it is necessary to deal with corruption in the medical field. New methods cannot follow traditional governance thinking and methods.
"Cleanness in the medical field is what it should be." Zhuang Deshui said.
Monitor full coverage and zero tolerance
Layers of supervision responsibility
On January 10th, the 2020 National Medical Management Work Conference was held, and it was proposed that this year, “work hard to establish a clean and upright industry style”.
In Peng Xinlin’s view, the investigation of many leading cadres in the medical field this year can be traced back to this meeting, especially the “Key Points of Work of the Medical Administration and Hospital Authority in 2020” released at the meeting, which clearly indicated the need to further strengthen the industry’s work style and revise the industry. The "Nine Prohibitions" regulations, the formulation of supporting systems such as handling measures, the promulgation of standards for the conduct of health professionals in foreign exchanges, and the launch of special rectifications on behavior issues.
In June of this year, nine departments including the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Public Security issued the "Key Points for Correcting Unhealthy Practices in the Field of Pharmaceutical Purchase and Sales and Medical Services in 2020" to ensure that the relevant arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on Party Style and Clean Government Work are firmly implemented In place, we will unswervingly implement the governance requirements of "the industry must manage the style" and "who is in charge of who is responsible". Through clear system design, we will draw a clear line of behavior for the purchase and sale of medicines and medical services, and create a clean atmosphere. A positive industry trend.
The "Key Points for Correcting Unhealthy Trends in the Field of Pharmaceutical Purchase and Sale and Medical Services in 2020" also proposes that party committees at all levels perform the responsibility of fully and strictly governing the party. Strengthen the supervision and inspection of party members and cadres and medical personnel in strict compliance with party discipline and regulations and relevant state laws and regulations. The Hospital Disciplinary Committee shall fully perform the responsibility of supervising discipline and accountability, and earnestly undertake the responsibility of investigating and punishing behavior problems and the accountability of leading cadres.
According to Peng Xinlin's research, for a long time, medical and health units have their particularities. Regardless of business, finance or personnel, their independence is strong, and it is difficult to form effective supervision and restriction on the operation of their power. Therefore, fully fulfilling the responsibilities of corrective work under the leadership of the party, strengthening the main responsibility of the party committee and the supervision responsibility of the disciplinary committee, will help to "scrape the bones and treat drugs" in the medical and health field, and resolutely correct the unhealthy trends in the purchase and sale of medicines and medical services. , Strictly investigate and deal with outstanding problems that damage the interests of the masses, and ensure that the special rectification achieves actual results.
Peng Xinlin also specifically reminded that before the reform of the national supervision system, the Commission for Discipline Inspection was responsible for inner-party supervision, and that leading cadres and staff who were not party members could not directly exercise supervisory responsibilities, which belonged to areas where inner-party supervision was inadequate; the main targets of supervision by the supervisory agency It is limited to administrative agencies and their staff, and cannot do anything about public officials in state-owned enterprises and institutions (such as public hospitals).
“The leading cadres and managers of non-party members of state-owned enterprises and institutions are actually outside the scope of supervision by the discipline inspection and supervision organs, and have not been able to achieve full supervision. After the reform, for public officials and non-party supervision that did not apply to the past All public officials of administrative organs can implement supervision, and the full coverage of supervision can be realized in a complete sense." Peng Xinlin said.
In Zhuang Deshui's view, anti-corruption in the medical field is the focus of this year's comprehensive governance of the party and the construction of a clean government. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection held at the beginning of this year emphasized that it is necessary to resolutely investigate and punish the collusion between internal and external medical institutions to swindle insurance, and establish and strengthen a long-term supervision mechanism.
Zhuang Deshui believes that this year’s remediation of unhealthy practices and corruption in the medical field will focus on emphasizing the main responsibility of the hospital’s party committees and supervisory departments, and the responsibility of layered supervision. The hospital’s party committees assume the main responsibility of administering the party strictly and emphasizing models. Investigation and handling of corruption cases and unhealthy practices in the medical field.
A supporting fact is that on June 30 this year, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published 4 typical cases of prominent problems in the medical and health field notified by the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
Pu Fei, the former president of Pingle Town Health Center in Qionglai City, received drug sales rebates against regulations, which is a typical case. From January 2013 to April 2016, when Pu Fei served as the president of Pingle Township Health Center in Qionglai City and presided over the work of Xiaba Township Health Center, during the drug procurement process of the above-mentioned hospitals, he knew that the drug supply company had a request. Still taking advantage of work, he has received several hundreds of thousands of yuan in drug sales rebates from pharmaceutical companies. In November 2017, Pu Fei was expelled.
According to public information, this is the first time that the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission has notified such typical cases.
Compressing rent-seeking space in hospitals
Promote medical system reform
On June 27, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection stated that the relevant person in charge of the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Group of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the National Health Commission said that the pressure transmission will be increased, according to "who is in charge, who is responsible" and "management". The industry must control the requirements of the "ethics", focusing on outstanding problems in the medical and health field, and in-depth special rectification.
The person in charge also introduced that the relevant measures that have been taken so far include: establishing a coordination and cooperation mechanism between the style construction management department and the disciplinary inspection and supervision team stationed in the commission, requiring clues related to discipline and law to be promptly transferred to the discipline inspection and supervision department, and quick investigation , "One case, three investigations"; explore the establishment of a unified management mechanism for the construction of the whole system, and guide the provincial health departments and large tertiary public hospitals to allocate full-time professional cadres.
Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Key Tasks for Deepening the Reform of the Medical and Health System in the Second Half of 2020", which proposed to improve the comprehensive supervision, coordination and supervision mechanism of the medical and health industry. Formulate policy documents on the accountability of comprehensive supervision of the medical and health industry and the supervision mechanism.
Peng Xinlin believes that since the beginning of this year, the anti-corruption measures related to the positive trend in the medical and health field have been intensively released, including the increased exposure of typical case notifications, and the main purpose is to create a clean and upright industry trend. At the same time, adhere to the blade inward, consolidate the "full coverage, no restricted areas, and zero tolerance" anti-corruption high pressure situation, and effectively solve the corruption and style problems in the medical and health field, so that the people have more direct and real sense of gain and happiness. Sense of security.
"Scientific and effective governance of corruption and unhealthy practices in the medical and health sector requires comprehensive policies and multiple measures. We must further strengthen the construction of the medical and health system's punishment and prevention system, adhere to the principle of treating both symptoms and root causes and comprehensive governance, and closely integrate the development and deepening of medical and health services. The reform of the medical and health system, comprehensive use of development, reform, management, supervision and other methods to eradicate the soil for the breeding and spread of corruption in this field from the source." Peng Xinlin suggested.
Zhuang Deshui believes that with the implementation of laws such as the Supervision Law and the Public Officials' Government Sanctions Law, strengthening the supervision and management of public officials in hospitals is conducive to regulating the operation of hospitals from the perspective of rule of law and anti-corruption, and it is also conducive to prescriptions for medical staff, especially doctors. The exercise of power is fully supervised and restricted, reducing the space for rent-seeking and corruption in hospitals.
"The implementation of laws such as the Supervisory Law and the Law on the Disposition of Government Affairs for Public Officials has also formed a deterrent to public officials in hospitals, allowing hospital staff to recognize the seriousness of party discipline and the authority of national laws, and allow hospitals to learn to use rule of law thinking and methods to govern internal hospitals. Corruption is to eliminate the cancer of corruption in the medical field. The hospital is a place for treatment. In order to cure the hospital's own "illness", it is necessary to create a clean political ecology and solve its own corruption problem." Zhuang Deshui said.
Zhuang Deshui also suggested that, on the basis of laws and regulations, relevant departments should introduce special plans and management systems to control corruption in the medical field, reduce the space for corruption, and reduce the stock of corruption in the medical field; fight corruption in the medical field when it appears, and curb the increase in corruption in the medical field. the amount.
In Zhuang Deshui’s view, the anti-corruption storm set off in the medical field can maintain a high-pressure anti-corruption situation in the medical field. In the process of advancing the righteous anti-corruption process, explore an innovative way to solve the corruption problem in the medical field from the root. Corruption promotes the reform of the medical system.