70 die in Pakistan from substandard medicine
January 25th, 2012 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANSIslamabad, Jan 25 (IANS) At least 70 patients at a hospital in Pakistan’s Lahore city have died so far from taking substandard medicine, a media report said.
The 70 who died over a period of time were patients at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, reported Geo News.
The patients were either receiving treatment at the institute or had taken medicines distributed by the institute.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has directed authorities to take action and register cases against three pharmaceutical companies which supplied the medicines.
- 'Company owners held in substandard medicine scandal' - Jan 26, 2012
- Pakistan mulls panel to probe fake drugs deaths - Jan 28, 2012
- Spurious heart medicine kills 120 in Pakistan - Feb 11, 2012
- Panel to improve hospitals in Pakistan Punjab - Feb 02, 2012
- Zardari seeks report on 100 deaths due to spurious drugs - Jan 27, 2012
- Pakistan cardiac drug that killed over 100 tainted: Report - Feb 01, 2012
- 100 die from fake drug use in Pakistan - Jan 26, 2012
- Pakistan needs to check medical malpractices: Minister - Feb 08, 2012
- Over 5,000 dengue cases in Lahore - Sep 17, 2011
- Malik for Pak NA committee to probe US citizen's firing in Lahore - Jan 29, 2011
- Zardari suffers bleeding in brain, may go to London - Dec 09, 2011
- Plane crash victims' kin arrive in Islamabad - Apr 21, 2012
- Lahore dengue toll rises to 127 - Oct 02, 2011
- Pakistan drug deaths institutionalised incompetence: Daily - Feb 01, 2012
- Four dead, 2,000 affected by dengue in Pakistan - Oct 23, 2010
Tags: authorities, cardiology, geo news, interior minister, lahore city, medicine, medicines, pakistan, period of time, pharmaceutical companies, punjab, rehman malik