Tag: PIC
Death of cardiac patients
The Punjab Institute of Cardiology is one of the premier cardiac care hospitals of Pakistan, which has served hundreds of thousands of poor citizens,...
Drug reaction case: No action before probe, orders SC
The Supreme Court (SC), in its spurious drugs suo moto notice case, ordered the concerned authorities to take action only after thorough investigation.
The apex...
Punjab drug reaction kills 2 more; toll at 121
Two more heart patients, after consuming the suspicious medicines, lost their lives Tuesday, pushing the overall death toll to 121 in Punjab.
The string of...
Killer drug found?
Investigating the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) medical catastrophe which caused the death of 119 heart patients, Central Drug Laboratory (CDL) late on Monday...
Blame Shahbaz for PIC deaths: Khurshid Shah
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Khurshid Shah on Monday held Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif responsible for deaths in Punjab due to spurious drugs....
CJP takes suo motu notice of PIC deaths
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday took suo motu notice of the death of over 100 heart patients, under treatment...
Two more die of drug reaction, toll mounts to 119
Death toll in the mysterious medicine reaction has climbed to 119 in the past three weeks as two more patients died on Monday.
According to...
LHC admits petition for inquiry in spurious drugs issue
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday admitted for hearing the Punjab government’s petition to carry out a judicial inquiry in the issue of...
YDA calls off strike after negotiations over PIC drugs reaction scam
The Young Doctors Association (YDA), after successful negotiations with the Punjab government, called off its strike against the suspension and transfer of senior doctors...
YDA announces strike against suspension of senior doctors in PIC scam
Young Doctors Association (YDA) has announced to observe strike against suspension and transfer of senior doctors in the alleged medicines reaction death scam.
According to...
Govt notifies removal of ex-DG health
The Punjab government on Sunday issued notification of the removal of former Director General Health Chaudhry Aslam in the wake of uncontrolled deaths caused...
Drug reaction claims 3 more lives, death toll hits 109
Three people lost their lives due to the suspected drug reaction that pushed the death toll to 109 on Saturday.
The uncontrolled deadly reaction was...
PIC probe points to Cardio Vestin
The initial probe conducted by Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) doctors’ teams discovered that the Cardio Vestin drug manufactured by Mega Pharma was the...
PPMA demands probe in PIC deaths
Association of pharmaceutical companies, Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) on Friday demanded setting up of an inquiry committee to probe more than hundred tragic...
PTI women protest cardiac patients’ death
The Islamabad chapter of the Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Women’s Wing staged a protest on Thursday to express their solidarity with the families of the...
PIC officials refuse to provide details of suppliers to FIA
Officials of Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) and Drug Testing Laboratory on Thursday refused, in written, to provide to Federal Investigations Agency officials the...
Heart patients’ deaths exposed govt incompetence: Khosa
Punjab Governor Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa said on Thursday that the deaths of more than 100 people due to spurious drugs had exposed the...
