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Summary As many as 102 heart patients have died after taking faulty medicine made locally.
The medicines in question were given by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.Two more patients died in Lahore and Faisalabad on Thursday, while the total number of affected patients in Faisalabad is said to be 18.Asghar, of Baghbanpura Lahore, admitted to Mayo Hospital died Thursday as treatment of reaction to the PIC medicines proved useless.A uncounted number of patients are in a critical condition in hospitals, some officials said on condition of anonymity.Nearly 100 patients have died due to a reaction to heart drugs, CM Shahbaz Sharif had confirmed yesterday.The government said another 287 people had been admitted to hospitals in Lahore, Pakistans second largest city, after taking the drugs.Police have arrested owners of three pharmaceutical companies suspected of supplying the medicine.Police registered a case on Tuesday after reports of deaths of people due to reaction of drugs for cardiovascular diseases, police spokesman Haroon Rashid said.Initial investigations show that drugs supplied by local manufacturers were sub-standard, police said.The patients died due to a sudden drop in white blood cells, platelets and bone marrow damage.Samples of the suspect drugs have been sent to laboratories for tests in London and Paris.
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