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Two Doctors Prosecuted For Illegal Drag Prescriptions

Jail sentences for the former director of the gynecology and maternity clinic at the University Hospital of Patra and his assistant were upheld when the court of the city ruled that the two ex-doctors had illegally prescribed in vitro fertilization (IVF) drugs to patients who did not need them.
Vassilis Tsigounis, the former clinic director, was handed a sentence of 10 years and five months, as he was found guilty of being an accomplice to fraud and forgery. His assistant, Thanassis Pappas, was jailed for 12 years and five months, convicted of fraud and forgery.
The two doctors were charged after the TEVE pension fund began an investigation in 2001 when inspectors noticed that the number of prescriptions surfacing in Patra for a particular drug shot up dramatically.

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