Kuwait .. 10 years in prison for a “gang” who falsified blood tests for expatriates
The Court of Appeal in Kuwait, headed by Counselor Nasr Salem Al Haid, sentenced 8 defendants to imprisonment for 10 years, after they tampered and falsified blood samples in analyzes for chronic diseases in exchange for bribes from expatriates in residency transactions. 3 of them in attendance - the main accused employees, for a period of 10 years with work and force.
And the Ministries of Health and the Interior - the departments concerned with following up on arrivals and the Residency Affairs investigations - had discovered the beginning of the incident, after the Ministry of Health received a call from the General Department for Follow-up on arrivals at the Ministry of Interior. and HIV) and chest x-rays to detect tuberculosis at the Tuberculosis Control Unit.
The results showed positive examinations for hepatitis viruses at a rate of (2 positive for hepatitis B virus) and (2 positive for hepatitis C virus), while the chest examinations for tuberculosis were normal for the 4 arrivals.
After that, a gang was caught tampering with the results of the medical examination by tampering with blood samples when transporting them between the place where samples were taken and the laboratory, with the complicity of the security guard and the involvement of a health inspector from the Ministry of Health.
The gang is led by a woman who forges the seals of the test results, and puts the seals of the correct results on the contaminated samples, in the country of arrivals.
Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news
:
#Kuwait,
#expats
Blood test