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Free Medicine: Mega Pharmaceuticals unsealed
Medicines manufactured at the Lahore based company yielded results devoid of contamination and up to the mark.
All tests of medicines manufactured in Mega Pharmaceuticals came back normal.
Authorities in Lahore have reopened the tablet manufacturing section of Mega Pharmaceuticals after tests on its medicines returned clear, Express News reported late on Tuesday night.
Mega Pharmaceuticals, one of the drug manufacturers who had supplied medicines to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology where apparently a contaminated batch of prescription medicines caused adverse reaction among the patients causing as many as 700 people to fall severely ill while claiming the lives of at least 107 patients.
Investigating the deaths, the Punjab health department and the Federal Investigation Authority – on orders from the Ministry of Interior, had sealed the manufacturing units of three pharmaceutical companies including Mega Pharmaceuticals on January 23.
Samples of medicine collected were sent to labs in Pakistan as well as abroad. However, when these results came back with an all clear, the health department issued directives for the the manufacturing unit of Mega Pharmaceuticals to be unsealed.
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It goes to show that the contaminated medicines were made in Karachi by the Efroze Company and not in Punjab. Why doesn’t the Sind CM and his government apologize for the tragedy they committed up country?
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@Amjad:
No quality control mechanism in place by Punjab Govt. Where were drug inspectors of Punjab Govt? Had the drugs been tested in the local market for one year as required? Was purchase procedure strictly followed? Khadim-e-Alla has to answer lots of questions but there is silence!
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@salim: Within one country, they do not inspect medicines in different provinces. Do you think that medicines manufactures in Texas are inspected again in California? I don’t know what world you live in but the CM of Sind and the Health Minister of Sind is more responsible for the tragedy because they are in power where the pharma factory is that manufactured the bad drugs.
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This is indeed a great news for Punjab region. Heartiest congratulations to the owners of Mega Pharma. Culprits should be caught and punished soon. Agreed with the above comments, Sindh CM is and should be considered liable.
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@Amjad:
Can we agree to disagree?
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