01.05.2025 15:00
In the case of the Newborn Gang, whose managers and members are being tried for unlawfully profiting by transferring babies to hospitals with which they had agreements and causing their deaths through negligent behavior, the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has appealed the court's interim decision to release 10 defendants.
In the 7th day of the 4th hearing held at the Bakırköy 22nd High Criminal Court, where the Newborn Gang, which provided unfair profits by transferring babies to hospitals they had agreements with and caused their deaths through negligent behavior, was tried, the release of 10 detained defendants was ordered, the judicial control measures for 5 defendants were lifted, and the detention status of 19 detained defendants was decided to continue.
OBJECTION TO RELEASES FROM THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office appealed the interim decision regarding the release of 10 defendants.
WHAT HAPPENED?
In the 1399-page indictment prepared by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it is stated that the defendant doctor Fırat Sarı is the leader of the criminal organization, and the management and administration of the organization is carried out by the defendant doctor İlker Gönen and the 112 Emergency Call Center ambulance driver Gıyasettin Mert Özdemir.
The indictment notes that the main purpose of the criminal organization is to eliminate the 112 transfer system of the neonatal intensive care units they took over, ensure their occupancy, manipulate the patients' levels, and receive maximum payments from the Social Security Institution (SGK).
The indictment states that the condition of the sick babies was presented as more severe than it actually was, and their hospital stays were prolonged unnecessarily, resulting in high fees being collected from SGK and excess money being taken from some patients' relatives.
It is reported in the indictment that instead of transferring sick babies to hospitals that would provide appropriate health services, they were admitted to hospitals chosen by the suspects, which appeared profitable for the organization, and that most of the profits were shared with the defendant members of the organization who are health workers.
The indictment emphasizes that the main goal was to obtain the maximum financial gain rather than improving the health condition of the babies.