Iraqi cancer drug scandal: Top Libyan health officers detained

The public prosecutor's office of Shafaq News/ Libya, on Wednesday, instructed the state's health minister and several high -ranking civil servants about irregularities in the import of cancer medication from Iraq.

In a statement, the general prosecutor's office revealed that in addition to the minister, the prisoners of the director of the pharmacy department, the chairman of the General Tender Committee, belong to a central procurement officer and a representative of an import company.

“The investigators discovered that the medication was imported without legal and technical approvals or coordination with the National Anti Cancer Authority,” added. “This represents a violation of public procurement rules.”

The cancer medication scandal appeared last week after the Iraq Ministry of Health announced that the first locally produced program of cancer medication to Libya. However, the national anti-cancer authority of Libyens-The only body that was authorized to approved such treatments received shipments from Iraq or another Arab or Asian country.

In response to this, the Attorney General of Libya, Al-Siddiq al-Sour, confirmed that the public prosecutor will take all the necessary legal measures against the violations involved in the violations.