A report by Joy News claims
that family planning giant, DKT International, used unregistered drugs to
terminate pregnancies at their facilities, exposing the women to severe medical
complications.
According to their
reporter Kwetey Nartey, who uncovered the scandal, he says the drugs, which are
also distributed by DKT International, have the potential to cause severe
bleeding in women.
Joy News
investigations show that thousands of the unregistered drugs, Misoprostol and
Mifepristone, were part of a shipment of about 90,000 packets brought into the
country by DKT International with the assistance fake drug dealers from Nigeria
and Switzerland.
A waybill dated July
19, 2016, reveals that the family planning clinic used 500 packets of
Mifepristone and 2,000 pieces of Misoprostol.
Another document
sighted by Joy News shows that on August 10, 2016, the clinic used 500 packets
of packets of Misoprostol and another 500 packets of Misoprostol.
A former staff of DKT
International (name withheld) told Joy News that she witnessed large quantities
of the unapproved pregnancy-terminating drugs being shipped into Ghana through
the backdoor.
Kwetey's
investigation further revealed that the drugs are sold alongside Food and Drugs
Authority (FDA) approved drugs imported into the country by DKT International.
"They [DKT]
bring in the regulated drugs from the authorities through the main channels,
but their illegal drugs that is where the chunk of the money is," the
former DKT International staff told Joy News.
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