COMMENT | To say that some fishy business had taken place would be an understatement. To describe the whole episode as fiction would be not that appropriate. To unambiguously state that the system has broken down may be an accurate description in yet another shameful episode involving a lawmaker.

It would be wrong to come to such conclusions blindly but if the sequence of events is studied carefully, it will reveal that something is amiss and the Health Ministry owes the people some answers to this whole reprehensible chapter.

I would not venture into describing this as a cover-up but the following timeline may help the reader comprehend and grasp why I came to the unequivocal conclusions made in the preceding paragraphs.