“Our subcommittee has found that the rising cost of the scheme is related to corruption involving civil servants, their family members, medical facilities, medical workers and drug firms,” NACC secretary-general Sansern Poljieak said yesterday. He said the NACC had set up a subcommittee to look into the scheme after receiving several corruption complaints. According to the subcommittee, civil servants and their family members have gone to various hospitals to get free medicine beyond what they really needed, which then could be sold. The scheme involves free medical treatment. “We have thus recommended preventative measures to the Cabinet such as strict and rational drug use guidelines,” Sansern said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 20, 2017 18:00 UTC