The doctor faces up to 10 years in prison, Dariusz Boratyn from the press office of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Wrocław said.
Last week, the head of a department at the same hospital was detained and arrested. Police carried out a sting operation. One of the officers, posing as a patient, handed the department head a bribe in exchange for issuing a false medical certificate. During a search of the department head’s office, police found PLN 138,000.