Project Delays and Record Errors Detected in Court of Accounts Ministry of Health Report
The Court of Accounts' 2025 audit report on the Ministry of Health identified project preparation errors, erroneous health records, disruptions in city hospitals, and duplicate payments.
The 2025 audit report on the Ministry of Health prepared by the Court of Accounts included numerous striking findings, such as project and tender deficiencies, false examination records created on behalf of intensive care patients, documentation delays in city hospitals, and uncollected public losses.
Deficiencies in Project and Tender Processes
Deficiencies in the preparation of application projects and tender documents procured through service acquisition led to additional costs and failure of health facilities to commence operations on the scheduled dates.
It was stated that setting the tender document preparation periods as 180 days for projects of varying physical sizes, such as the Antalya Aksu 300-Bed State Hospital and the Diyarbakır Hani District 35-Bed State Hospital, negatively affected the process.
Inaccuracies in Health Records
During the audits, it was determined that examination records were created by family medicine units on behalf of patients who were still hospitalized in the intensive care unit during the same time interval.
It was revealed that this situation did not reflect reality by creating records regarding health services that were not actually provided, and it created misleading data in the system.
Document and Expense Issues in City Hospitals
It was determined that although two years had passed since the issuance of the Actual Completion Certificate in seventeen city hospitals, the Final Completion Certificate had still not been issued.
Specifically regarding the Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, it was observed that the six-month period of manufacturing carried out by the company prior to the site delivery date was deducted from the operation period.
Heating, Cooling and Commercial Area Non-Compliances
It was determined that the heating and cooling expenses of laundry, food, laboratory, imaging, and sterilization areas in some city hospitals were not collected despite being under the company's obligation.
Furthermore, it was emphasized that commercial areas were larger than those included in the projects, warehouses were used by commercial area operators, and there were deficiencies and non-compliances in equipment.
Duplicate Additional Payments and Legal Process Deficiencies
It was determined that duplicate additional payments were made to temporarily assigned personnel and resident doctors receiving specialty training in university hospitals from both their main positions and the units they were assigned to.
It was observed that necessary legal processes were not operated to collect the negative damages incurred by the administration following contracts that were terminated due to failure to fulfill obligations.
Application Differences Between Administrations
Although there is no clear regulation regarding the reporting process in the Health Implementation Communiqué (SUT), it was determined that basing reporting service procurements on the consultation procedure in SUT led to application differences between administrations.