PCSIR produces anti-dengue syrup

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Pakistan Council of Science and Industrial Research (PCSIR) has prepared a low-cost anti-dengue syrup to counter the rising threat of the disease in the country, PCSIR Director General Dr Shahzad Alam said while talking to APP on Sunday.
Upon the directives of Science and Technology Secretary Akhlaq Tarar and PCSIR Chairman Dr Shaukat Pervez, PCSIR prepared an anti-dengue syrup costing Rs 80 per bottle from papaya and pomegranate, he said, adding that it should be mixed with clean drinking water and taken thrice a day.
He said the PCSIR laboratories had distributed around 2,500 bottles of the syrup among various hospitals of the city, including Mayo Hospital, free of charge. However, it was also easily available at PCSIR’s Industrial Liaison Office (ILO) on the basis of no profit, no loss, he said.