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Croatian surgeon sentenced to nine years for soliciting bribes

26/08/2008

ZAGREB, Croatia -- A surgeon received a nine-year prison sentence Monday (August 25th) for taking bribes from patients, in the biggest corruption case to rock the country's health system. A court convicted Ognjen Simic, a cardiac surgeon at a state hospital in Rijeka, of taking money from 18 patients in exchange for helping them receive urgent surgery. Simic also lost the right to practice medicine for a period of five years and must return the money. Prosecutors say he took around 40,000 euros from patients over the course of six years. (AFP, Javno.com, Reuters, Index.hr - 25/08/08)

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