The Ministry of Health informs the public about the latest developments in the case of the death of leukemia children

Posted on October 17, 2022
Ansarollah website – Sana’a –

Today, the Ministry of Public Health and Population held a press conference to inform the public of the details and latest developments in the case of the death of a number of children with leukemia.

At the conference, the head of the Medical Council, Mr. Mujahid Maasar, indicated that as soon as he received the notification of this incident, the Minister of Health formed an investigation committee from the concerned authorities, which began to carry out its work.

He explained that 29 cases received a dose of the smuggled drug, 10 of whom did not experience complications, while 19 cases were exposed to complications, of which 10 children died and one case is in one care, and the rest has improved, noting that two cases were also discovered that were exposed to drug complications in Hadramout, one of them is in the care concentrated.

He called on the United Nations to quickly open Sana’a International Airport and Yemeni ports in order to control and speed up the entry of medicines into the country to avoid such disasters and limit the entry of smuggled medicines to Yemen.

In turn, the head of the Supreme Commission for Medicines and Medical Supplies, Mr. Muhammad Al-Ghaili, confirmed that the complications of sick children are the result of the presence of a drug smuggled from outside the country and reached a pharmacy in the capital, Sana’a, which was purchased by the patients’ families, which caused these complications and the death of a number of cases.