Prosecutors and police officers in Romania conducted 14 searches on Wednesday, November 5, in a case concerning fraud, forgery of official documents, computer forgery, and unauthorized practice of a profession or activity.<\/p>\n
Specifically, prosecutors say several doctors from the Republic of Moldova who already practice in Romania did not actually complete their residency. Although they requested the equivalence of their studies from the \u201cNicolae Testemi\u021banu\u201d State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, prosecutors say many were already working during their studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe investigation targets several doctors who requested the Ministry of Health to recognize their specialist doctor qualification titles obtained in the Republic of Moldova, at the \u2018Nicolae Testemi\u021banu\u2019 State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, submitting for this purpose the corresponding specialist doctor diplomas certifying completion of the residency,\u201d prosecutors specified.<\/p>\n
Twelve individuals are to be brought in for questioning as part of the investigation, in Arge\u015f, Cluj, Ilfov, Prahova, Satu Mare, Tulcea, Vrancea, and Bucharest.<\/p>\n
The evidence gathered indicates that the residency studies, which required the mandatory physical presence of resident doctors at the university\u2019s clinical bases, did not actually take place, as the resident doctors were in Romania, where they were employed full-time, during the specialization courses.<\/p>\n
The qualification titles referred to various specialties, such as emergency medicine, orthodontics, plastic surgery, aesthetics and reconstructive microsurgery, imaging, dentoalveolar surgery, and periodontology.<\/p>\n
The day before, Romanian police and prosecutors conducted more than 200 searches across the country<\/a> as part of the larger Jupiter 4 operation. The searches concern offenses like fraud, forgery of documents, counterfeiting, tax evasion, embezzlement, misappropriation of funds, and abuse of office, among others.<\/p>\n