They arrested the boss of the largest Czech hospital. After twenty -five years

The author is a commentator of the Czech news website Seznznám reports

Only two months divided Miloslav Ludvík Since the celebration of the unique anniversary, a quarter of a century at the forefront Motol University Hospitalthe largest hospital in the Czech Republic and one of Europe's largest.

But everything was over on Monday. After sixty -one -year -old Ludvík came to the police and She has accused him of corruption. In the Czech health care, it is an event that easily exceeds the appeal or onset of any minister – after all, Ludvík « survived » them at the forefront of Motola seventeen. Alone in a hot chair Minister of Health He spent a year in the government of Bohuslav Sobotka as a member of the Social Democracy, in which he was between 1990 to 2022.

Ludvík has always had a legend of a top manager who was able to get Motol into black numbers and, thanks to the political connections, to equip the quantity, for example, to lead to his hospital Prague metro.

The Motol Hospital provides top care in many fields. If you seriously get sick, you want to treat it right there. And each of the numerous VIP patients or « Kulichov » (in the Czech hospital slang prominent patients), as the director Ludvík himself told them a leaked video In 2010, he remembered his thanks to the hospital and its director well.

What is all While Miloslav Ludvík's directories In Motola, it was said to have been difficult to describe in the limited space of this column. Let's just say that the police are talking about documented bribes for about 1.4 million euros for construction orders, including the upcoming construction of the National Oncology Center. Well, as the police claim, the 16 -member « Ludvík » group did not despise even more modest contributions, such as dozens of craftsmen or bistro operators in the hospital.

About the amount of things that took place in the Motola, just We will hear. One is striking one: that Czech health care is full of corruption, we know for a long time and many cases often associated with prominent hospitals have already found itself in court, where many years of punishments have been fallen.

State power did not stop before anyone: in 2012, for example, came after the then Central Bohemian Hajtman and former Minister of Health David Ratha for manipulations of medical tenders. Scandals and large police actions did not avoid other prestigious facilities such as Homolka hospital or top cardiology workplace IKEM.

So why did Miloslav Ludvík and his accomplices thought it could go through them? We don't know. We can think of the only thing. When you last twenty -five years and know who is committed to you, you will get a feeling of impunity and intimateness.

Until it bursts.