Tyno killer on the loose: one more dead

After a gap of just a few months, one more person died of consuming faulty cough syrup Tyno in Mayo Hospital.

According to details, 32-year-old Zohaib, hailing from Shahdara Town, fell conscious after he consumed Tyno syrup to treat his cough. He was rushed to emergency ward of Mayo Hospital for treatment. However, he did not respond to the treatment and died.

The heirs of the deceased refused to conduct post-mortem analysis and took away the body.

During recent months, at least 22 people died of consuming the toxic Tyno Syrup across Punjab after which it was banned but still was available in the market.

Earlier in January, Justice Sheikh Najamul Hassan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) had directed the Punjab Health Department to file a reply on a petition seeking a judicial inquiry into deaths caused by Tyno cough syrup. The judge had already imposed a ban on the sale and purchase of the syrup, blamed for the death of several people.

Under the drug act, federal and provincial governments were responsible to curb the sale of spurious medicines but the authorities did not take any notice of more than 100 deaths caused by the syrup.

The cough syrup had claimed the lives of 33 people from Gujranwala and Kamoke areas, earlier this year, after which a ban was imposed on the sale of the sough syrup.