Spokesman of the Ministry of Justice Vladimír Řepka server said that Rath he has been working in his new capacity officially since April of this year. “He is authorized to represent this position, the selection process has not yet been announced,” stated Rath does not hold the position of head of any of the five hospital departments, but according to the Hospodářské noviny website, he is the head of the entire hospital.
The director of the Pankrák prison hospital, Markéta Kořínková, stated that Rath has been working in the prison environment for a long time and is therefore a great asset to the entire facility as the head of the hospital. She refused to answer further questions from journalists regarding the length of his tenure in office and the manner in which the former politician and prisoner got into it.
Rath states that ho the management of the organization Health Facilities of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic, established last year, requested cooperation. “Due to the fact that I worked at the hospital, I was approached by the director whether I would be willing to participate in expert and coordination work in addition to direct treatment,” said the former governor. He added that continues to serve internally and helps to coordinate the activities of individual primaries and participates in the processing of various medical opinions as well as in the preparation of documents for the further development of the hospital and outpatient clinics.
The police arrested Rath in May 2012 with a seven million dollar bribe that he was carrying in a wine box. The courts then found the doctor guilty of corruption and sentenced him to a total of eight years in prison. He is now free, having served roughly half of his sentence due to parole. A fine of 13 million crowns was part of the verdict. Seznam News reported last November that Rath had already paid his sentence.
