Hospital graft claims 'unproven'

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has refuted claims of widespread corruption involving health promotion and prevention funds at community hospitals, based on an investigation of 16,346 complaints submitted through the Mor Prom application. The investigation found that only 0.3% of the complaints involved irregular disbursements, with the majority of the complaints (35.8%) being verified as accurate, 32.9% related to key performance indicator (KPI) reporting, and 24.8% due to human error.

Health ministry officials emphasized that the funding was not a major source of corruption, as the error rate was only 0.3%, and that further investigation was needed. The ministry also acknowledged that not all health promotion and prevention services generated payments for community hospitals, as some services were not reimbursed by the National Health Security Office (NHSO), and payments were made directly into hospital accounts.

The ministry plans to adjust KPIs to reduce staff workload and review over 1.3 billion records to correct errors, with the aim of improving accuracy and ensuring public trust in the Mor Prom application.

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