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Doctors continue taking backhanders

Jun 11, 2008
By Adam Mullett

VILNIUS - Doctors have been found to regularly accept bribes from patients despite changes to the law which made the practice illegal and the creation of a special program tasked with stamping out the phenomenon. Patients frequently bribe doctors in order to receive heightened treatment, a practice that has been illegal since 2006. Despite this, in many cases doctors still receive a ‘gift’ from patients before their consultation in an attempt to get more attention. Patients say they are fe ...


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