MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested seven suspects accused of selling medicines for kidney ailments that were traced to be part of supplies donated to poor communities, the NBI Special Task Force (NBI-STF) said on Wednesday,
The suspects were caught in a buy-bust operation last Monday, during which they sold government medicines under the Medical Assistance for Indigent Patients (MAIP) program to undercover agents.
The MAIP program is an initiative of the Department of Health (DOH), with the government-owned National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) being one of the implementing agencies.
NBI officer-in-charge Eric Distor identified the …
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