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CPAP masks bought through Kimadia for provincial health directorates: USD 24 million in contracts and a Muthanna conviction (from 2022 to 2024)

On 24 September 2022 the Federal Integrity Commission said its Baghdad team had seized at Kimadia, the Health Ministry's drug and supplies company, the original copies of three contracts for Chinese-made CPAP face masks worth USD 24.05 million: USD 5.2 million for the Maysan health directorate, USD 9.1 million for Najaf and USD 9.75 million for Muthanna. Salah al-Din, Muthanna and Najaf each received 350,000 masks and Maysan 200,000. The Commission said some hospitals refused the large quantities as not needed, which caused great waste. It had earlier reported unused masks in Muthanna (99,935 masks worth about IQD 6.5 billion, February 2022) and in Karbala, and a court summons for a former Salah al-Din health director general over masks worth IQD 7.24 billion. On 7 July 2024 the Commission said the Muthanna Criminal Court had sentenced the former Muthanna health director general, in his presence, to rigorous imprisonment under Article 340 of the Penal Code for damage of IQD 6 billion: 175,000 masks had been supplied on a letter he signed, more than the directorate needed. The Commission did not name him.

Period
From February 2022 to July 2024
Sector
HealthCOVID-era respiratory supplies; central Kimadia contracts for provincial directorates
Kind of case
Criminal prosecution
Jurisdiction
Federal Iraq

How the money moved

Bulk purchase of masks far above need through central Kimadia contracts on directorate requests, with unused stock left in stores.

What happened

One reported conviction (Muthanna, 7 July 2024, rigorous imprisonment; term not stated). A summons in Salah al-Din. No published outcome for Najaf, Maysan or Karbala as of 19 October 2026.

Open questions

  • Names of the supplier companies and of the officials who approved the Kimadia contracts.
  • Length of the Muthanna sentence and any appeal.
  • Dates and unit prices of the contracts.

People and companies

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People and companies
NameRole in the caseLegal statusDetailAs of
Former Director General of the Muthanna Health Directorate (not named)
المدير العام السابق لدائرة صحة المثنى (لم يُذكر اسمه)
Former Director General, Muthanna Health DirectorateConvicted (reported)Sentenced in his presence by the Muthanna Criminal Court to rigorous imprisonment (term not stated) under Article 340 of the Penal Code for deliberate damage of IQD 6 billion: 175,000 CPAP masks were supplied by the Ministry of Health on a letter he signed, more than the directorate needed. The case was joined with two complaints filed by members of parliament (Integrity Commission statement relayed by the press, 7 July 2024). The Commission did not name him.19 October 2026
Former Director General of the Salah al-Din Health Directorate (not named, CPAP masks case)
المدير العام السابق لدائرة صحة صلاح الدين (لم يُذكر اسمه)
Former Director General, Salah al-Din Health DirectorateUnder investigationThe Integrity Commission said on 24 September 2022 that the competent courts had issued a summons order against him for supplying large quantities of CPAP masks worth IQD 7.24 billion without actual need. No outcome is on record as of 19 October 2026. Not named; it is not known whether he is one of the former directors general in case Salah al-Din Health Directorate: travel ban on the director general, arrests over IQD 12 billion in fake payments and a seven-year sentence (from 2023 to 2026).19 October 2026

Sources

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  1. Shafaq News (Integrity Commission statement)14 February 2022Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    ضبط نحو 100 ألف جهاز "ماسك" تفوق حاجة صحة المثنى

    تمكَّن من ضبط (99،935) جهازاً ماسكاً من أصل (175،000( ألف جهازٍ تمَّ تجهيزها من قبل وزارة الصحَّة، الشركة العامَّة لتسويق الأدوية والمُستلزمات الطبيَّة (كيماديا)، لافتةً إلى أنَّ تلك الكميَّات لم يتم طلبها من قبل دائرة الصحَّة وتفوق الحاجة الفعليَّـة
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  2. Shafaq News (Integrity Commission statement)30 May 2022Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    قيمتها 6 مليارات دينار.. ضبط 60 ألف جهاز "ماسك" فائض عن الحاجة في مستشفيات المثنى

    تمكَّن خلال أربع عمليَّاتٍ مُنفصلةٍ من ضبط (60,000) ألف جهاز ماسك سيباب (قناع وجه) صيني المنشأ فائض عن الحاجة في مُستشفيات (الحسين التعليمي والرميثة العام والنسائيَّـة والأطفال والخضر العام) في المحافظة".
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  3. Alsumaria News (Integrity Commission statement)24 September 2022Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    النزاهة: هدر للمال العام في عقود شراء أجهزة طبية بــ 24 مليون دولار

    بضبط أصل ثلاثة عقود لشراء أجهزة ماسك، مُوضحةً أنَّ العقد الأول يخصُّ دائرة صحَّة ميسان بقيمة (5,200,000) ملايين دولارٍ، أمَّا العقد الثاني الخاصُّ بدائرة صحَّة النجف فتبلغ قيمته (9,100,000) ملايين دولارٍ،
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  4. Shafaq News (Integrity Commission statement)24 September 2022Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    ضبط هدر للمال العام في عقود شراء أجهزة طبية بــ 24 مليون دولار في العراق

    جهاز ماسك سيباب (cpap) (قناع وجه) صيني المنشأ، مُبيّنةً أنَّ قيمة تلك الكميَّات بلغت (24,050,000) مليون دولارٍ أمريكيٍّ.
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  5. Baghdad Today (Integrity Commission statement)7 July 2024Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    قضية "اقنعة السياب".. النزاهة: الحبس الشديد لمدير عام صحة المثنى سابقاً لتورطه بهدر 6 مليارات دينار

    محكمة جنايات المثنى إصدار حكماً حضورياً يقضي بالحبس الشديد بحقّ المُدير العام لصحَّة المثنى سابقاً"،
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  6. 964media (Integrity Commission statement)7 July 2024Official statement reported by the mediaTier B

    الحبس لمدير صحة المثنى السابق.. هدر 6 مليارات بقضية "أقنعة تنفس طبية"

    أعلنت هيئة النزاهة الاتحادية، اليوم الأحد، صدور حكم بالحبس الشديد للمدير العام لدائرة صحة المثنى، لتورطه بهدر 6 مليارات دينار، عبر تجهيز الدائرة بأعداد تتجاوز الاحتياج الفعلي لأقنعة “السيباب” الطبية.
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  7. Baghdad Today9 June 2024Press reportTier D

    "تريلات اقنعة" بقيمة 9 ملايين دولار.. برلماني يكشف عن صفقة فساد بدائرة صحة النجف

    إن "مدير عام صحة النجف طلب 350.000 قناع ولا تستهلك هذه الدائرة أكثر من 350 قناع في السنة"، مبينا أن "هذا يعني أن الأقنعة تكفيها لألف سنة،
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