Monos Pharmacy staff who distributed high dosages of Luminal (phenobarbital) for infants, which resulted in the poisoning and hospitalization of sixteen infants between the ages of four days and three months, were sentenced on Thursday at Criminal District Primary Court II.

A pharmacist from the Ekh Nyalkhas branch of Monos Pharmacy, B.Erdenechimeg was charged with distributing excessive dosages of Luminal to infants and failing to meet her professional responsibility. The court delayed her two-year sentence for two years as she is now pregnant.

A medical staff member of Monos-Ulaanbaatar was charged with giving inaccurate instructions over the phone on how to take the pill, resulting in the poisoning of two infants poisoned. D.Javkhlantugs received a one-year suspended sentence.

The hearing was attended by the parents of infants who were hospitalized.

Parents of the poisoned infants told reporters, “Since the incident, our kids get sick and need to see doctor more than usual. We are afraid of what the side-effects of the poisoning will be in the future.”