Police arrest doctor for corruption

Belgrade, Aug 13, 2003 - The Belgrade police department has arrested Nikola Djukic, a doctor at the Zemun Hospital Complex, on suspicion of corruption in the health sector.

A statement from the Serbian Ministry of Interior says that Djukic requested €1,000 from a patient, supposedly for the purchase of a device that he described as essential for a surgical procedure the patient was about to undergo.

An inquiry revealed that no device was implanted in the patient's body during the operation, reads the statement.