Hospital bribery scandal! Operation launched against knife money robbery.

04.07.2025 20:12

Suspects who allegedly extorted "knife money" from patients in three provinces centered around Istanbul have been apprehended. Among those detained are a professor, an associate professor, and three doctors. Speaking on a live broadcast on tv100, expert police reporter Devrim Tosunoğlu stated that the gang demanded not only money from patients but also various electronic items and medical supplies.

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While operations were carried out against suspects who received bribes under the name of "knife money" in hospitals; new information has emerged regarding the bribery scandal.

Suspects who allegedly obtained unjust profits by demanding "knife money" from patients were caught in 3 provinces centered in Istanbul.

It has been learned that among those detained are a professor, an associate professor, and 3 doctors. While 11 people were arrested as part of the investigation; details about the bribery ring were explained by tv100 expert police reporter Devrim Tosunoğlu.

10 MILLION LIRA SCAM

Tosunoğlu stated that the investigation began as a result of the examination by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), and it was determined that the suspects obtained approximately 10 million lira in unjust profits by demanding "donations" under the guise of knife money.

"THE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION WAS UNAWARE"

Tosunoğlu mentioned that the complaints initially came from the patients, and as a result of the investigation, it was learned that a doctor who was supposed to be in the hospital was in surgery at another hospital.

Devrim Tosunoğlu stated that professors and associate professors working in the department of thoracic surgery, along with some doctors, acted together with other suspects to obtain financial benefits under the pretext of "advancing the surgery or obtaining donations or medical supplies for the biopsy procedure" from patients or their relatives who came to the hospital, and reported that the hospital administration was unaware of the situation.

THEY REQUESTED SO-CALLED DOCUMENTS FOR DONATIONS

Tosunoğlu stated that they created a structure parallel to the hospital's revolving fund and that the scam was carried out without entering the system. Tosunoğlu mentioned that they demanded between 100,000 and 300,000 lira from patients.

MEDICAL SUPPLIES WERE ALSO REQUESTED

Not only donations but also many items and medical supplies were requested from patients waiting for surgery, under the pretext of "our hospital needs it." Tosunoğlu expressed that desperate patients gave money for these to the members of the network.