Malawi police in Zomba, the former colonial capital in the south of the country, have arrested a Tanzanian doctor for conducting illegal clinical trials on several Aids sufferers, APA learnt here Tuesday.
According to the Zomba Police Chief, Sam Sally, the authorities arrested McOsano Thadeo, a clinical officer at St. Luke Hospital, after the Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board revealed his illegal dealings with Aids patients who attended the clinic.
"We are keeping the suspect in police custody and he will appear in court very soon," he said.
Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board Registrar Alex Sosola said six HIV-positive patients who underwent the trials have since died at the hospital within a year.
"He was illegally conducting clinical trials on patients without the board’s approval," he said.
Thadeo was working at the hospital’s palliative care for HIV patients, where he gave additional drugs to Aids patients.
Tuesday 14 October 2008
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