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Health Ministry panel says experimental treatment at Mayanei HaYeshua was illegal and deliberate
Israel’s Health Ministry says a review found that an experimental treatment given at Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in February 2019 was approved illegally and knowingly.
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What happened
- 01The Health Ministry said the Mayanei HaYeshua treatment was illegal and knowingly mishandled.
- 02An 84-year-old pancreatic cancer patient received Gammora in February 2019 without ministry approval.
- 03The panel found no legal basis for the treatment and cited major approval and oversight failures.
- 04The report said the drug was not approved for human use and was altered unlawfully.
- 05Officials will decide on possible measures after hearing from those involved.
The patient, an 84-year-old man with advanced pancreatic cancer, later died, though the panel said it could not prove the treatment failures caused his death.
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