The Health Insurance Fund presented on Monday data showing numerous irregularities regarding sick leaves of Interior Ministry members. Eighty employees who had opened a total of 514 sick leaves were covered by the inspections.
Irregularities were found in relation to 29 of them (37%), while 100 out of a total of 236 sick leaves are disputed.
The individuals frequently changed their primary care physicians, lacked key documents such as X-rays for sciatica or lumbago, exceeded the allowed time frames, and so on. Some of them even posted pictures from abroad on social media while on sick leave.