This archive report was first published on 9 July 2020.
Expired Reagents Scandal Rocks Langata Hospital ¶
On July 8, 2020, four medical laboratory technicians were allegedly found stocking expired medical laboratory reagents at Langata Hospital in Nairobi.
The accused persons, Ashoke Singh Matharu, Mufaddal Ammar Hassamje, Herbert Cheruiyot Charles, and Beatrice Awino Ayoga, were charged with violating the Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Act.
They were accused of stocking expired reagents, including bilirubin (T), combi 35, AST GOT, Actone, Area Bun/UV, Magnesium, Trigs, and Ezcel, among others.
The four were also charged with using expired biosystem Bilirubin (Total), biosystem AST/GOT, and biosystem bilirubin (direct) against medical laboratory technicians and technologists Act.
They denied the charges before Senior Resident Magistrate Sinkiyian Tobiko and were released on bail.
