Social Security Lab failed standards test 3 years before 154 killed

"All senior officials" knew about problems in Panama’s Social Security laboratory that produced tainted medications killing more than 154 people says the prosecutor.
Dimas Guevara, referred to numerous reports of problems in the lab, including one issued in 2003, three years before the diethelyne glycol poisonings took place, recommending the lab be closed. But no one took action.
He identifies numerous reports of problems in the lab, including one issued in 2003, three years before the diethyline glycol poisonings took place, that recommended the lab be closed.
In one review, the lab scored 32 percent, while the minimum score to keep operating at an acceptable level was 81 percent.
According to the prosecutor, the laboratory produced medicines "in permanent danger of contamination."
He also said that officials were not able to review documentation that would have certified the authenticity of the substances they were using. {jathumbnail off}