Following an anonymous complaint, an Inspectors team of the Thessaloniki Regional Directorate carried out an audit of a private health diagnostic centre in Central Macedonia, with the object of the illegal performance of diagnostic tests on animals, on a tomograph intended exclusively for human use.
During the on-site audit it was found that a diagnostic MRI scan was carried out on an animal, on a scanner intended exclusively for human use, in violation of the legislation, at the request of a Veterinarian - Radiologist, Professor of Veterinary Medicine of the University. During the on-site audit, the presence of a radiologist was not established in the MRI scanner, contrary to what is required by law.
Following the above, it was requested:
- The relevant Medical Association, as the competent licensing and supervising Authority, to take the necessary steps to impose administrative sanctions on the Diagnostic Centre and to exercise its disciplinary powers with regard to the Doctor - Radiologist and Scientific Officer of the Diagnostic Centre.
- The General Directorate of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Region concerned, in the context of the administrative supervision and control exercise, to take the steps provided for by law for further control and any opinion on the imposition of administrative sanctions on the Diagnostic Centre
- The Rector of the University concerned to take the disciplinary action provided for by law against the Professor of the Veterinary Medicine Faculty
- The Diagnostic Centre to ensure (a) the daily presence of a medical doctor - radiologist throughout the period during which examinations are carried out in the imaging department, in accordance with the statutory provisions and (b) the change in the name of the company in the E4 form of the Labour Inspectorate.
The audit report was forwarded to the competent Public Prosecutor's Office for the criminal evaluation of its findings, as well as to the Independent Authority for Public Revenue for its actions, regarding the issuance of tax documents by the audited entity.