The Lahore High Court will begin its proceedings from today to investigate deaths caused by a killer cough syrup.
It is pertinent here that over a dozen people lost their lives after taking doses of a cough syrup, which was available in the market under the brand name Tyno, following which an application was filed at the Lahore High Court by the Judicial Activism Panel.
The high court office sent the application to Justice Manzoor Malik for hearing. The hearing is set for tomorrow.
In the application it is maintained that death toll as a result of the syrup is rising by each passing day, so therefore an inquiry into this incident may be undertaken by the high court judge.
The applicant maintained that some time back several people died due to a reaction caused by pills used for treating heart patients. It said that the provincial government has not taken any concrete steps to prevent such incidents.
It is prayed in the application that government officials, who have shown negligence, should be held accountable.
health ministry is under chief minister shabaz sharif !!!! and lahore police have been busy beating lady young lady doctors !!!! on chief minister shabaz orders and whats his name that law minister of punjab– lawless outlaw gunslinger with black dyed hair and tosh ??
and wait for imrankhan niazi touts some desiscumbgkanjarikiaulaad..
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In a tragedy that could have been completely avoided, 17 people have died after ingesting a toxic cough syrup called Tyno in the provincial capital, Lahore. The cough syrup was produced by Reko Pharmacal Lahore, and is now under intense scrutiny by the media and the public on how it could produce such a deadly medicine. A complete blanket ban has been imposed on the syrup with drug inspectors issuing orders to have the existing stock dropped immediately. Reports say that Tyno was used by many drug addicts to get high. Reports also claim that the syrup may have contained diazepam, which is a sedative and muscle relaxant — putting those who took it to sleep permanently. Why has this extreme negligence occurred, once again in Punjab? It may be recalled how 100 cardiac patients died in January this year when contaminated medicines were prescribed, not to mention in the same context the ephedrine fiasco. If these revelations were a shocker, so is this latest episode in which a seemingly innocuous cough syrup has ended the lives of so many people.
Punjab is earning the unenviable reputation of the only province in which such alarming occurrences are becoming frequent.
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