In Kosshy, Akmola Region, City Polyclinic No. 1 failed to pay 92 entrepreneurs for supplied goods for six months.
"An analysis by the Kosshy City Prosecutor's Office revealed violations of the rights of 92 entrepreneurs by the State Municipal Enterprise on the Right of Economic Management 'City Polyclinic No. 1 of Kosshy', in the form of non-payment of funds for supplied goods for more than six months, whereas according to the contracts, payment is due within a month", the regional prosecutor's office press service reported.
Following a prosecutor's intervention, 15 entrepreneurs were paid debts totalling more than 4.5 million tenge. The remaining businessmen were promised their debts would be paid within a month.
According to the Kazinform International News Agency, the polyclinic's total debt is estimated at 8.8 million tenge.
Recall that in August, Head of the Astana Health Department Aliya Rustemova stated that the accounts payable of the city's hospitals amounted to 14.7 billion tenge.
She noted that the budget for medical organisations funded through the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund (CMIF) for the current year was 120.4 billion tenge, which is 2.5% more than last year.
In September, the prosecutor's office of the Kurchum District of the East Kazakhstan Region, during an analysis of compliance with legislation in the field of public procurement, identified violations by the administration of the district hospital, which had failed to repay a debt of 134 million tenge owed to 27 entrepreneurs.
In November, the Akmola Region Akimat announced that it had instructed the Akim of Stepnogorsk to place the multidisciplinary city hospital, which owes creditors 704 million tenge, under special oversight.