Punjab Health Department has set up a committee to examine the samples.prohibit its sale
Lahore:
Caretaker Health Minister Dr. Nadeem Jan said on Sunday that a locally manufactured shot sold to treat conjunctivitis but said to be responsible for causing vision loss in Punjab has been withdrawn from the market and legal action will be taken against the supplier. said that he had been woken up.
Speaking to the media in Islamabad flanked by Punjab Minister Dr Jamal Nasir, the minister said around 20 people suffered from an infection that caused blindness after the injection. “Punjab health department has sent samples of the injection to the laboratory for testing. The test report will be available within two-three days.”
Such reports have been received from Multan, Kasur, Lahore and Sadiqabad.
The committee, consisting of five members, Been formed It is carried out the day before to assess the situation regarding the spread of this eye infection. Its main objectives include submitting a comprehensive report to him within three days and providing recommendations to prevent similar incidents in the future.
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Dr. Asad Aslam Khan of King Edward Medical University was appointed as the committee’s convener. Other members include Muhammad Sohail, Director General of Narcotics Control, Dr Muhammad Moin of Lahore Mayo Hospital and Dr Tayyaba of Lahore General Hospital. Dr. Mohsin of Services Hospital.
Dr. Jamal Nasir, Punjab’s caretaker minister for primary and secondary health care, informed the media that stocks of the injectable drugs that cause infectious diseases have been put on hold and sealed. He also noted that drug wardens across Punjab have been deployed to halt the sale and purchase of injectable drugs.
A recommendation was issued to all doctors and patients not to use that particular drug. Medical stores, wholesalers and distributors were prohibited from selling the drug, and the drug was sent for clinical testing.
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Simultaneously, a case was registered at Faisal Town Lahore Police Station on the request of Drug Control Authority of Pakistan (DRAP). The case stated that the injection for treating conjunctivitis was manufactured in Faisal Town and prepared in the laboratory of a private hospital.
Police are currently conducting raids to arrest the lab’s owner, Naveed Abdullah, and his employee, Bilal Rasheed. The FIR states that Bilal supplied fake injection drugs in Kasur in violation of the DRAP and Narcotics Act of 1976 and 2012. The defendants were involved in the manufacture and stockpiling of unlicensed drugs and the sale of unregistered injectable drugs.
Dr. Nasir noted that DRAP immediately stopped distributing the shots. “These people were earning Rs 100,000 for every injection. Their network extended beyond Lahore and Kasur to Multan and Sadiqabad,” he lamented.
