THE city’s health and family planning commission said that it has set up special teams to investigate doctors from public hospitals for allegedly colluding with middlemen to help clients illegally cash out their public medical insurance accounts.

The teams, jointly set up with three other health-care departments, would settle in Shenzhen People’s Hospital, Shenzhen No. 3 People’s Hospital and Nanshan People’s Hospitals to look into the cases.

Three involved doctors, Chen Qiming with Shenzhen People’s Hospital, Cui Jianjun with Shenzhen No. 3 People’s Hospital and a doctor with Nanshan People’s Hospital, identified as An, have been suspended from their posts for investigation Tuesday.

The commission said the results will be publicized.

Also, the commission pledged to work with the human resources and social welfare bureau and market supervision departments to inspect hospitals over their management and supervision of medicines.

People who are directly responsible for or related to the illegal conduct would be punished, said the commission.

The commission has urged hospitals to better manage all medical staff. Self-correction campaigns are expected to be carried out at all hospitals.

It was first reported by Southern Metropolis Daily that some doctors allegedly forged fake medical records and prescriptions to help middlemen earn profits by reselling medications prescribed to their clients, who in fact were not sick but wanted to cash out some of their medical insurance accounts.

The doctors received a commission in return. According to the middlemen, the number of doctors involved is not a small figure. (Zhang Qian)