Lahore: Prof Dr Javed Akram, the head of the committee formedto investigate medicines reaction issue of Punjab Institute of Cardiology’s (PIC), has said that number of patients killed after medicines reaction has jumped to 25. He added that criminal element cannot be ruled out in the incident.
In a media briefing on Sunday, Akram said over 150 patients were being treated for medicines reaction in different hospitals of the city.
He said one badge of the medicines in PIC had found affected in inquiry. “The authorities have contacted number of patients and asked them to stop using the medicines provided by the PIC,” he added.
“We fear that the medicine is contaminated with some heavy metal which gets deposited in the bone marrow and ultimately ends the body’s resistance. The generation of white blood cells stops in the body and a severe chest infection also takes place,” he explained.
The PIC provides free medicine to the needy patients, but after using these medicines, number of patients from various localities started pouring into city’s hospitals with complaints of bleeding from nose, ears and other body parts.
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