Iran's arm absolves Al-Mutawakel of responsibility for the death of 20 children from a corrupt potion
English - Thursday 15 December 2022 الساعة 01:58 pm
Aden, NewsYemen:
The Houthi militia absolved Taha al-Mutawakel, a leader in its ranks and appointed as Minister of Public Health and Population, of responsibility for the death of 20 children with cancer who had taken a dose of spoiled medicine.
On Tuesday, December 13, the West Amanah Court (Sana'a) announced the names of 9 accused of causing the death of children by doubling the corrupt dose, in the case that sparked angry reactions and demands that the Houthi leaders involved, led by Al-Mutawakel, be held accountable.
Despite his supposed legal and administrative responsibility as the first official in charge of health in militia-controlled areas, the group's court excluded leader Taha al-Mutawakel from the indictment.
While the name of the former head of the Supreme Medicines Authority, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Ghaili, appeared on the list of those accused of facilitating the entry of smuggled and unexamined medicines, according to the text of the prosecution’s decision.
The indictment included: (Faisal Muhammad Muhammad Awad, Fahd Abu Bakr Muhammad Salem, Youssef Ali Salih Sweileh, and Abdullah Rashid Ali Al-Areqi).
While each of: (Salah al-Din Abd al-Wahed Abd al-Qadir al-Amiri, Salah Abdullah Ghanem al-Hamiri, Haitham Ahmed Abdullah al-Bakari, and Omar Rashid al-Ariqi) were accused of offering, selling, and trading in smuggled medicines, knowing that they were not registered, and were not subjected to a sterility test for germs or any bacterial growth.
In addition to the texts of other applicable and relevant laws, the Public Health Law defines the functions and tasks of the Ministry of Health to register local and imported medicines, grant licenses for their circulation, monitor drug stores and pharmacies, in addition to granting licenses to establish and control pharmaceutical factories. and monitoring private health, and granting and monitoring licenses to practice medical and paramedical professions).
Public Health Law No. (4) of 2009 obliges the Ministry of Health to register all medicines circulating in the Republic with the Supreme Authority for Medicines in the Ministry according to a unified registration system. It also requires the Ministry, represented by the Medicines Authority, to set drug pricing, and prohibits the sale and trade of smuggled, counterfeit or expired medicines.
