Senior doctor charged with graft in Azerbaijan
BAKU – The Office for Combating Corruption has filed a criminal case against Kenul Veliyeva, a senior doctor at the National Drug Treatment Clinic of the Azerbaijani Health Ministry, the country’s Prosecutor General's Office has said.
According to materials collected on the basis of appeal of doctor of National Drug Treatment Clinic Elgiz Mustafazade to the hotline, the Office for Combating Corruption filed a criminal case under article 308.1 (abuse of power) of the Criminal Code, Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.
The investigation disclosed that in 2006-2011, Kenul Veliyeva every month illegally demanded 150-200 manats (up to $250) from doctors, and those who did not pay the amount were threatened with dismissal. In addition, she did not provide patients with free medicines and committed other offenses.
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