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\nprosecutors on Tuesday detained the deputy chief of the National Medicine
\nAgency, Lazar Iordache, suspected of bribe giving and influence peddling. The
\ndenouncer, in this case, is precisely the health ministry official whom
\nIordache offered the money to. According to anti-corruption prosecutors,
\nIordache promised this health ministry official 5% of the budgetary funds
\nearmarked for the construction of a wastewater treatment unit and the purchase
\nof medical equipment for the two hospitals. Iordache allegedly paid the unnamed
\nperson 126,000 lei (the equivalent of 28,000 euros) in April from the ministry
\nfunds he had access to. In exchange for the money, the latter had to sign and
\nconvince other ministry officials to sign the disbursement of the funds for the
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Fresh
\ninformation has emerged in the case of another scandal that rocked the Romanian
\nhealthcare system, that of the diluted disinfectants for hospitals. Apparently,
\nsome of the disinfectants produced by HexiPharma were not as diluted as
\nannounced after initial assessments. Prosecutors investigating this case have
\nrecently received a report from the Cantacuzino Institute in Bucharest, which
\nshows that some of the disinfectants analysed were indeed diluted, but without
\nexceeding the legal limits. Nevertheless, Romania’s general prosecutor,
\nAugustin Lazar, says the report’s findings are inconclusive for the case:<\/p>\n
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It is true, the
\ntests made on a set of disinfectants have been concluded, but another set is to
\nbe sent for analysis. There are results of both types, positive and negative,
\nbut only when we have the results of all tests can we establish their
\nrelevance.<\/p>\n
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In this case,
\nthe Prosecutor’s Office with the High Court of Cassation and Justice is
\ninvestigating HexiPharma, a company producing and selling disinfectants to
\nlocal hospitals, for preventing efforts to fight diseases. The company is
\naccused of having sold diluted disinfectants to over 150 hospitals. In May, the
\nHealth Ministry recommended hospitals to stop using these disinfectants, after
\nhaving made public the results of several tests proving that some of these
\nsubstances had been diluted four thousand times. <\/p>\n
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In mid scandal,
\nthe HexiPharma owner, Dan Condrea, died in a car accident, an event that
\nfuelled further speculation in this case. General prosecutor Augustin Lazar has
\nrecently announced that the appeal filed by Condrea’s family to the Court’s
\ndecision to classify the case of his death is being analysed. A month ago,
\nprosecutors established that Dan Condrea had committed suicide and decided to
\nclose the case. The autopsy revealed that his death was violent, being caused
\nby multiple injuries. <\/p>\n
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