Danger at Rambam Hospital: Suspicious pharmacists who have given expired drugs to cancer patients
Three pharmacists were arrested, and another doctor was detained for questioning as part of an investigation into the affair.
According to the suspicion, the expiration dates of the oncology drugs were falsified to hide their obsolescence, and the police believe that the acts were allegedly committed for several years
Yoav Itiel and Meirav Cohen
21/12/2021
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 13:34 Updated: 14:04
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The drugs expire (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman)
Yesterday (Monday), the police arrested three pharmacists on suspicion of being involved in administering invalid oncology drugs to oncology cancer patients at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. The three were detained this morning at the Magistrate's Court in Acre. 39 - and the owner of a private pharmacy, a 52-year-old resident of Majdal Krum. Apart from them, another 38-year-old doctor from Kiryat Bialik was detained for questioning. The
case began to be investigated about two years ago. The acts were allegedly committed over several years, with three charged with, among other things, violations of the Pharmacy Law, forgery, negligent handling of drugs, receiving anything fraudulently, omitting income and managing false account books intentionally and with intent to evade tax.
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Rambam Hospital responded that "beyond responding to requests for information and details, we are prevented from expanding and commenting on the matter as long as the investigative and legal process is in progress.
" Although we were not vaccinated, the incident was reported to the Ministry of Health.
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