Oscar nominated doco explores vast health care fraud - a podcast by RNZ

A powerful documentary which exposed a vast healthcare fraud in Romania has been nominated for two Academy Awards. Collective, which opens in cinemas here this week, tells the story of a 2015 nightclub fire in Bucharest, which killed 27 and left 180 injured. When more burn victims start dying in hospitals from wounds that were non life-threatening, investigative journalist Catalin Tolotan uncovers shocking misconduct and fraud within Romania's health sector. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system. Kathryn Ryan speaks with journalist Catalin Tolotan and film director Alexander Nanau.

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