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Eswatini: clinic guard accused of diverting medicines

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Residents of Vuvulane, Eswatini, handed a rural clinic a 10-litre container of medicines they say they recovered from a security guard. They accuse him of repackaging some products for sale and treating or testing children without medical qualifications, according to the Times of Eswatini.

Residents of Vuvulane, Eswatini, say they recovered a 10-litre container of medicines from a security guard at the local rural clinic, reports the Times of Eswatini. They say they found the products in a house shared by the guard and another occupant, then returned them to the clinic.

According to residents quoted by the newspaper, some of the medicines had allegedly been repackaged into small sachets and sold for five emalangeni each. They also accuse the guard of treating residents and carrying out medical tests, despite those tasks not being part of his duties.

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