The state well being providers (Okypy) seems to have proven blatant disregard for the way it spends public funds, notably by administration who’ve booked fancy lodges and raked in loads of extra time with none coverage to manage their spending, it emerged on Monday.
Publishing staggering figures, the audit workplace report for Okypy for 2022 revealed that an assistant director earned €76,379 gross per yr however made €230,999 in extra time.
Equally, a medical skilled earned simply shy of €60,000 however bagged an additional €137,000 in extra time pay.
Workers had been proven to be making wherever between 220 to 300 per cent extra over their earnings by itemizing extra time.
Extra so, the audit workplace revealed “there isn’t a authorized coverage on preserving to schedule or to observe arrival and departure time from work.”
It recognized a number of workers out of a pattern of inspections by no means even scanned their playing cards when attending to or leaving work.
The findings additionally recognized Okypy had elevated its spending through the years, regardless of a drop within the variety of sufferers.
“Actions taken by Okypy to turn out to be impartial from state assist haven’t had a considerable impression.”
Moreover, the audit workplace stated it acquired a criticism over ‘hospitality spending’. The findings “point out a tradition of no respect to how public funds are spent.”
A dinner held in the summertime of 2022 for 10 people bore a €660 expense.
In one other case, a meal for seven together with a former well being minister and their accomplice, alongside Okypy workers got here with a €609 invoice.
That is regardless of quite a few members of Okypy administration reaping €297 a month for a hospitality stipend.
There isn’t a coverage to observe hospitality spending, the audit workplace reported.
Extra so, two senior Okypy officers took an unauthorised journey to London with their resort alone costing €2,046 for 3 nights.
Equally, when the chief monetary officer went to London, the resort lodging bills reached €2,480 for 2 nights. The audit workplace discovered the bed room was listed as a ‘superior room’ by the journey company however when checking with the resort, it was discovered the room was in actual fact an government suite.
“This was not the most cost effective choice,” the report stated.
The truth is, the previous well being minister who travelled there along with his spouse paid round half for a superior room, at a price of €1,280 additionally for 2 nights.
The report additionally recognized numerous non-public clinics have been bought – or are within the technique of being purchased by an organization which manages numerous hospitals in Greece.
This implies much less competitors between Okypy hospitals looking for to try to entice shoppers and vying to supply high quality providers.
