Houthis admit of spreading large quantities of smuggled and spoiled heart stents in markets

Less than two months after their horrific crime, which claimed the lives of dozens of children who were being treated for "blood leukemia" at Kuwait University Hospital in Sana'a, the "Supreme Authority for Medicines and Medical Supplies" (run by the Houthis) acknowledged the existence of empty blood storage bags that do not conform to specifications and are circulated by drug dealers, pharmacies, hospitals and blood banks, which poses a great danger to the lives of Yemeni patients and threatens a disaster similar to the one of the children of Kuwait Hospital who died because of smuggled medicine.

In a statement, the authority acknowledged the existence of a defect in the quality of the blood preservation bags (due to the non-matching of the color of the solution), which is produced by the Indian Hell Life Care Limited company for the benefit of its agent in Yemen, Al-Arifi Medical Services.

The acting head of the authority (appointed by the Houthis), Abdul Jalil Abdullah Al-Rumaimah, also announced the presence of smuggled and unknown quantities of medical heart stents.

Medical sources were surprised that the Houthi-affiliated body warned about the presence of the product after it was circulated in the market, the failure to withdraw the medical supplies, and the failure to take any legal measures against the companies involved.

The Yemeni Society for Consumer Protection, for its part, warned Yemenis against buying spoiled blood bags or medicinal products that do not conform to specifications.

The Houthi crime in Kuwait Hospital in Sana'a led to the death of 10 children due to the contaminated dose of "Mezotrexate" among 50 others who were injected with the same dose in a cancer treatment center in the hospital.

This reveals one of the largest medical and pharmaceutical disasters in Yemen, which has been repeated during the past eight years. Medicine in the country has turned into one of the biggest sources of wealth for the Houthi leaders, who run huge smuggling networks to invest in the health of Yemenis.