The Attorney General’s Department informed court that a WHO-accredited German laboratory found dangerous bacterial-contaminated water in a stock of Human Immunoglobulin imported to Sri Lanka, while a batch of the cancer drug Rituximab contained only saline solution, Newsfirst reported.
Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama told the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court that the test results confirmed both medicines contained substances harmful to human health.
The Human Immunoglobulin drug lacked therapeutic components and instead consisted of water contaminated with bacteria. Rituximab contained no cancer-treating proteins and was made up solely of sodium chloride.
Girihagama said the Government of Sri Lanka spent Rs. 144.74 million on the procurement based on a Cabinet paper submitted by the eighth suspect, former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. (Newswire)
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