Unexpected information about the theft of X-ray equipment

On May 6, Colonel Tran Van Chinh, Deputy Director of Binh Duong Provincial Police, said he had received a case related to the thief of X-ray equipment at a number of medical centers in the province. .

Hands out in 6 minutes

According to Colonel Tran Van Chinh, at noon on April 25, a male subject while an employee of the X-ray room of Di An City Medical Center took a nap during the afternoon nap, snuck in and removed the X-ray photo plate worth about 400 million VND. then leave. Also with the same trick, at noon on April 26, the thief performed an act at the Medical Center of Dau Tieng district, took 2 photos to receive photos, totaling about 40 million VND. On April 30, the subject continued to steal at Thuan An City Medical Center, taking away 1 X-ray photo, worth about 300 million VND. The whole process of entering the scene, disassembling the machine and leaving took place in only 6 minutes.

Colonel Tran Van Chinh said that after the press reported on the theft, the subject quietly returned the property. Specifically, at about 9:30 am on May 4, the security guard of Thuan An City Medical Center received a bag of items in a plastic bag brought by a man driving a motorbike taxi, and when he opened it, told him The security guard discovered that the photo receiving plate was lost.

Through working with a motorbike taxi driver, this person said that a man hired him to deliver him here with a salary of 20,000 VND. About 5 hours later, the security guard of Di An City Medical Center also suddenly discovered that a photo receipt (similar to the one that was lost) was left in front of the gate. After that, Di An City Police made a record of custody according to regulations and continued to search for the subject. Thus, up to now, Thuan An City Medical Center and Di An City Medical Center have received the X-ray photo, while at the Medical Center of Dau Tieng district, it has not been returned.

Colonel Tran Van Chinh, Deputy Director of Binh Duong Provincial Police, information about the theft of a series of X-ray equipment

The thief with the evidence was recorded by the security camera

Clarify the responsibility of the person involved

Mr. Huynh Minh Chin, Deputy Director of Binh Duong Department of Health, said that the department has received reports from medical centers about the theft of X-ray photos. According to Mr. Huynh Minh Chin, in the bag that was sent back at the security gate of Di An City Medical Center, the thief wrote a few lines of letters, with the idea that his family was poor, so he took the risk and sent it to him. “a thousand apologies” and begged for forgiveness. “However, the view of the Binh Duong Department of Health is to suggest that the police investigate and deal with it strictly, depending on the extent of the thief. It is necessary to find the object because maybe it is someone in the industry. !?” – Mr. Chin said.

According to Mr. Huynh Minh Chin, after this incident happened, Binh Duong Department of Health issued a written request to medical facilities to strengthen measures to protect assets and security at medical facilities. For new and solid facilities, you can rest assured, but for old and degraded facilities, the department is directing to redo all doors in common areas, because X-ray rooms often have no doors. For medical staff who lost property, Huynh Minh Chin said that he would be reviewed for responsibility for both the duty team and the dean, and for the unit, the emulation points would be deducted in 2022.

Colonel Tran Van Chinh said that this is a new method of theft, the subject has knowledge of the medical field, knows these are valuable equipment as well as knows how to disassemble the X-ray machine.

“Although the thief returned the X-ray equipment to Thuan An Medical Center and Di An City Medical Center, we still implemented professional measures to soon find the thief. Besides, we also continue to clarify the statements of the delivery people, consider whether the statements obtained by transferring the stolen devices back to the stolen place are correct or not?The police will expand the investigation of the case. We urge people not to consume stolen devices, any act of aiding in the consumption of property that is committed by other people is illegal and will be dealt with severely. Minh” – Colonel Tran Van Chinh emphasized.

According to Thao Nguyen