Govt. Hospital Official Fired for Stealing Cancer Drugs, Dispensing Fakes
The head of the pharmacy department at one of Lebanon's major state-run hospitals has been sacked by the General Disciplinary Council for stealing a large quantity of health ministry-donated cancer medicines from the hospital and selling them for hundreds of millions of Lebanese pounds, state-run National News Agency reported Wednesday.
The department director, identified by her initials M.B., replaced the stolen medicines with “ineffective and expired drugs that were given to a large number of cancer patients, mostly women and children, without their knowledge, which deprived them of healing chances and might have led to the death of some of them,” the GDC said in a statement.
“A number of employees and doctors helped the pharmacy department head with her violations and crimes without receiving the proper penalties and they are still occupying their posts, which has prompted the GDC to ask for an expanded investigation with them to pave the way for taking charge of their files, handing them the appropriate penalties and preventing them from committing similar violations in the future,” the GDC added.
The General Disciplinary Council has also asked the public prosecution to “look into these criminal offenses anew,” calling on the health minister to “take the necessary legal measures pertaining to revoking her pharmacy permit and prohibiting her from practicing this profession permanently to preserve the lives and safety of citizens.”
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