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Thursday, 28.03.2024, 20:46
EUR 3.2 mln deficit in Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital's budget
The hospital cannot simply write off such an amount, and recovering patient payments is also very complicated, explained Boka. Part of these debts has been turned over to debt collectors.
One of the factors that makes collecting hospital payments more complicated is that many who leave the hospital are later applied such status that exempts them from hospital payments, added Boka.
Only in about 15% of all cases can the hospital payments be collected, he said.
The Health Ministry's State Secretary Rinalds Mucins said at the Saeima committee's meeting that there indeed was such a problem, but offered no solutions.
The committee members asked the Health Ministry to draw up a list of hospital debtors. It is possible that a repeat meeting of the committee will be held to consider the opportunities for covering the deficit in the hospital's budget.