SANA'A* Nov.7 ? The Office of Public Health and Population in Sana'a has closed down 12 out of a total of 53 health care facilities in the district of Sanhan and Bani Bahlool after its inspection campaign there this week. The campaign targeted clinics* pharmacies* medicine storage facilities and health care centers. Most of the violations are related to licensing and smuggled medicines. A few others were related to unsuitable buildings which don't have ventilation* elevators and narrow rooms. According to Dr. Abdulghani Faraj* the manager of the Office of Public Health Care and Population* of the 53 health care facilities inspected* 12 were closed down and 13 were recalled to the office for investigation and hence are given a chance to renew the licenses or adhere by the requirements within one month. Many of the concerned pharmacies were given a one-month warning to renew their working licenses and execute the office?s instructions* while others were fined a maximum of YR 5*000 for having smuggled small quantities of medicine into their stores. Farah mentioned that the medicines are antibiotics and they were just smuggled not out of date or represent danger to people. He affirmed that the quantity is very small and doesn't exceed five small packets. "We know the smuggled medicine by the name of the agent company. If we don't find the name of the agent* we know that the medicines are smuggled but we don't have list of the smuggled types*" he said Faraj added that the facilities in violation of the office?s standards had been closed down because they didn't have the required authorizations from the Ministry of Public Health Care. ?Some of the closed facilities did not have legal authorization and instead were using fake authorizations borrowed or rented from those with official permission*" Faraj said. The Office of Public Health Care and Population has revealed that 23 health care facilities surveyed by the inspection campaign were legitimate and had not committed any violations* whereas 30 of them were found not to be up to standard....

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