Confiscated Drugs Go Missing At UTH

By FREDRICK MISEBEZI
PHARMACEUTICAL products which were seized from a Lebanese businessman of Lusaka’s Kamwala by the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority have allegedly gone missing at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) incinerator.
This came to light yesterday when officers from the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority and journalists from various media organisations went to witness the destruction of the products at the UTH incinerator but were informed that the medicines had already been burnt.
The products, which include skin lighting creams and other pharmaceutical medicines weighing about 816 kilogrammes, were allegedly destroyed in the absence of officers from the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority, Zambia Police Service, Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and Lusaka City Council (LCC).
Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority public relations officer Ludovic Mwape wondered why the pharmaceutical products were destroyed in the absence of the authorities.
“We don’t know who told the incinerator operator to burn the products without the consent and presence of the responsible authorities,” Mr Mwape said.
But Lazarus Kabwe, the incinerator operator at UTH, said he was directed by a police officer to destroy the medicines.
In October last year, a joint team of officers from Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority, Zambia Police Service, LCC and DEC seized the pharmaceutical products from Ali Hachem, a Lebanese businessman.

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9 Responses to Confiscated Drugs Go Missing At UTH

pompwe Reply

January 22, 2014 at 9:31 am

kikikiki..for as long as such names Mwape are there..what do you expect..lol
Munyelo Pwete! Reply

January 22, 2014 at 10:15 am

Uubomba mwibala….anyela mwibala! Simple!
Francis Reply

January 22, 2014 at 10:57 am

I can smell a rat
Iris Reply

January 22, 2014 at 10:59 am

Ndefwaya iliya ilekesha ifisushi. Ushe nayo ile missinga???
- Maiko Reply
  
  January 22, 2014 at 11:55 am
  
  Signs of a sick mind. Go get examined at Chainama before you commit mass killings.
Trixy Reply

January 22, 2014 at 2:00 pm

Someone at UTH was paid to give the drugs back to the owner at a fee.
Nyama soya Reply

January 22, 2014 at 4:24 pm

@ Trixy,well observed,our lives are no longer safe as the love of money has reached a point beyond one can ever imagine. Let us all be Vigilant and avoid buying cheap products from some of these dealers. I think it is high time relevant authority started to sensitive the public on the dangers of using counterfeit products,and how to recognize them. Ala fimo infintu kuti wafilwa nefyakusosa, no wonder ifima cancer nafifula. God help us,every thing is no longer safe.
Village Chicken Reply

January 22, 2014 at 9:21 pm

As long as Sata is in charge, there will be no hiding for the weak and poor. When you have Police for Cadres you know Surtani has farted on Zambia. We need ventilators..
atishani Reply

January 23, 2014 at 8:46 am

yaku