LAHORE: Substandard medicines dispensed by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology have claimed 72 lives.
Several patients are still being treated at various government hospitals and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has ordered that all facilities be provided to them.
Sharif has also announced compensation of Rs 500,000 for the victims’ families and Rs 200,000 for patients.
The investigation team formed by the Chief Minister has also confiscated the medicine record of the PIC after raiding the drug testing laboratory.
Teams are also visiting neighbourhoods across the city gathering the substandard medicine.
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