Five Doctors Suspended Amid Allegations of Accepting Kickbacks

Pharmacist Tang Jing sorts medicines at a medical center in Yantai, Shandong province, on June 2. As of June 1, Shandong's public hospitals cut drug prices 15%. Photo: IC

(Beijing) — Three doctors in Shanghai and two in Hunan province have been suspended pending investigations after China Central Television (CCTV) aired a report showing them allegedly receiving kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies.

Sales representatives from pharmaceuticals were captured on hidden cameras installed in doctors’ consultation rooms offering kickbacks to doctors for prescribing certain brands of drugs.

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