Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Cough syrup suspected in 33 deaths in Pakistan
The writer has posted comments on this articleAP | Dec 29, 2012, 05.20 PM IST
LAHORE: Authorities are investigating cough syrup believed to have killed 33 people in eastern Pakistan in the past three days, a government official said on Saturday, the second time in recent months that suspect medicine is thought to have caused multiple deaths.
...
"The deaths from the cough syrup occurred in Gujranwala and villages surrounding the city", said Abdul Jabbar Shaheen, the top administrative official in Gujranwala. Another 54 people are being treated at hospitals in the city who are also believed to have consumed the syrup. Those involved are thought to be laborers or drug addicts who drank the syrup to get high, said Shaheen.
"Chemical samples collected from the victims' stomachs contained dextromethorphan, a synthetic morphine derivative used in cough syrup that can have mind-altering effects if consumed in large quantities", said Shaheen. "It is being investigated whether the people affected by the syrup in Gujranwala drank too much of it, or whether there was a problem with the medicine itself", he said
...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...8666.cms?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweets
The writer has posted comments on this articleAP | Dec 29, 2012, 05.20 PM IST
LAHORE: Authorities are investigating cough syrup believed to have killed 33 people in eastern Pakistan in the past three days, a government official said on Saturday, the second time in recent months that suspect medicine is thought to have caused multiple deaths.
...
"The deaths from the cough syrup occurred in Gujranwala and villages surrounding the city", said Abdul Jabbar Shaheen, the top administrative official in Gujranwala. Another 54 people are being treated at hospitals in the city who are also believed to have consumed the syrup. Those involved are thought to be laborers or drug addicts who drank the syrup to get high, said Shaheen.
"Chemical samples collected from the victims' stomachs contained dextromethorphan, a synthetic morphine derivative used in cough syrup that can have mind-altering effects if consumed in large quantities", said Shaheen. "It is being investigated whether the people affected by the syrup in Gujranwala drank too much of it, or whether there was a problem with the medicine itself", he said
...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...8666.cms?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweets