Ho Chi Minh City authorities discovered a company with Chinese staff, illegally advertising and providing medical advice, luring patients to Dai Viet General Clinic.
On February 2, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Tang Chi Thuong said that after fining Dai Viet General Clinic 35 million VND and revoking its operating license for 2 months for advertising violations, the Department Inspectorate coordinated with the Ho Chi Minh City Police to continue verifying that the unit had signed an illegal advertising contract with this clinic. Recently, this place impersonated the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health to launch a preferential medical examination package to "attract" patients, continuously advertising "a preferential general medical examination package for 199,000 VND".
Inspectors determined that the posting of advertising information on social networks to lead patients to Dai Viet General Clinic for medical examination and treatment was related to Fruit Advertising Company Limited. During a surprise inspection of this company on January 30, the delegation noted that the room had no sign, had a sign that read "no entry unless authorized", was equipped with a computer system inside, and had employees consulting and advertising medical examination and treatment services on social networks.
The company representative said that they have "run advertisements" for medical facilities, including Dai Viet General Clinic and Bac Giang General Clinic (Bac Giang province) by designing websites and advertising on Google and Facebook.
Continuing to check on social networking sites, the authorities recorded that this company owns 18 advertising and medical consulting accounts. Employees here search for customers with interactions on social networks, then advise on medical examination and treatment services according to their own documents, leading them to medical facilities that the company cooperates with.
The authorities seized many medical consultation documents and noted that this place had Chinese personnel registered to work as website design consultants for Bison Advertising Company Limited. The representative of the facility has not provided any information related to the activities of Bison Advertising Company Limited and foreign individuals here.
Authorities asked the company to stop providing medical consultation on social media platforms and remove illegal advertising content.
According to Mr. Thuong, illegal advertising activities in the field of medical examination and treatment are becoming increasingly sophisticated and difficult to control, challenging state management agencies. The Department continues to coordinate to prevent and thoroughly handle these violations.
When people discover or suspect illegal advertising or consulting activities on social networks related to health, they should notify the Department Inspectorate via hotline 0989.401.155 or via the "Online Health" application.
Dai Viet General Clinic located on 3/2 Street, District 11, has been fined many times by inspectors for violations in medical examination and treatment. At the end of 2019, this place was fined 143 million VND and had its operating license revoked for 4 and a half months. After that, the female doctor here was fined for using expired drugs, performing surgeries, procedures, and other surgical interventions of type 3 or higher without the written consent of the patient...
More than a year ago, this clinic was fined 64 million VND, had its medical examination and treatment license revoked for two months, and was forced to remove and delete advertisements. This place often makes mistakes such as creating medical examination and treatment records but not recording them completely, not ensuring facilities, equipment, and hygiene conditions meet the requirements for infection control in medical examination and treatment facilities...
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