In this photo taken on Friday, May 6, 2016 women wear masks that read 'Corruption Kills' during a protest joined by hundreds against irregularities in the country's health system. Prosecutors searched the Hexi Pharma offices, a drugs company which authorities say has supplied dozens of hospitals with sub-standard disinfectant, and the home of the company owner Saturday, May 7, while police officers took away documents and samples from 25 hospitals in Bucharest and around the country that were affected by the issue. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian prosecutors have indicted a pharmaceutical company on charges that the disinfectants they manufactured failed to fight disease.
The general prosecutor's office says Friday it has indicted Hexi Pharma, which filed for insolvency this week, on charges of failing to combat diseases after its disinfectants were found to be highly diluted.
The Institute for Research and Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry said samples tested this week revealed that the disinfectants for surfaces and hands were at times ten times weaker than stated.
Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos, who is also Romania's acting health minister, sent health authorities to four hospitals Friday to check documents in connection with the case that has provoked public outrage.
Police on Friday searched the phones and computers of Hexi Pharma's general manager and chief chemist.
In this photo taken on Friday, May 6, 2016 a woman wears a mask that reads 'Silence Kills' during a protest joined by hundreds against irregularities in the country's health system. Prosecutors searched the Hexi Pharma offices, a drugs company which authorities say has supplied dozens of hospitals with sub-standard disinfectant, and the home of the company owner Saturday, May 7, while police officers took away documents and samples from 25 hospitals in Bucharest and around the country that were affected by the issue. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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In this photo taken on Friday, May 6, 2016 people hold papers that read "You have diluted our health", during a protest joined by hundreds against irregularities in the country's health system. Prosecutors searched the Hexi Pharma offices, a drugs company which authorities say has supplied dozens of hospitals with sub-standard disinfectant, and the home of the company owner Saturday, May 7, while police officers took away documents and samples from 25 hospitals in Bucharest and around the country that were affected by the issue. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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