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The Cgu (Court of Justice) Raises Suspicions of Fraud in Kidney Stone Treatments in Paraná; the Loss Could Reach R$52 Million.

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A report by the Comptroller General's Office (CGU) raised suspicions of fraud in kidney stone removal procedures performed by the Unified Health System (SUS) in Paraná. According to the survey, which covers the years between 2015 and 2023, the Paraná State Health Department (Sesa) performed nearly 600,000 lithotripsy procedures (a technique used to fragment the stones) during that period, at a cost of R$97 million, when the national average expe…
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A report by the Comptroller General's Office (CGU) raised suspicions of fraud in kidney stone removal procedures performed by the Unified Health System (SUS) in Paraná. According to the survey, which covers the years between 2015 and 2023, the Paraná State Health Department (Sesa) performed nearly 600,000 lithotripsy procedures (a technique used to fragment the stones) during that period, at a cost of R$97 million, when the national average expe…

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