2024-07-26 08:20:23
However, he is the one who remains in custody, having made patients lie
Dr. Velislav Nikolov, one of the second group of Plovdiv doctors arrested for defrauding the Health Fund, admitted and explained the scheme to the investigators. And it is: issuing referrals for physiotherapy at the rehabilitation medical center of Dr. Naiden Pudjev and reporting the procedures, even though they were not performed. The fictitious activities were related to about 150 patients, and the damages are estimated at about BGN 80,000.
The first to be arrested were Dr. Pudjev and Dr. Veselin Stanchev, a general practitioner. They are in custody permanently. After that, three more doctors – also personal doctors – Dr. Velislav Nikolov, Dr. Atanas Jambazov and Dr. Iliana Draganova were detained. The woman was released on bond, but for the other two, the prosecutor’s office requested “detention in custody.” “26 patients of Dr. Dzhambazov were questioned, one of them underwent medical procedures, the other 25 did not. But it is not the general practitioners who drain millions from the coffers, we all know about the mastered but unimplemented clinical paths, but the cases for this are on the rocks “said his lawyer Yordan Davchev. And he pointed out that his client works in the villages of Asenovgrad, where there are many elderly people who need a doctor. In the end, Dr. Atanas Jambazov was released on bail of BGN 4,000.
Despite the confession made and the cooperation of the investigation, Dr. Velislav Nikolov, who has patients in Plovdiv and Hisarya, remains in custody. The reason is the second charge against him, which states that he tried to persuade two people who were reported to have fictitious procedures to deny this, i.e. to perjure themselves. His lawyer Svetlana Zvancheva will appeal this decision of the District Court in Plovdiv before the district magistrates.