India’s dangerous medicine industry – TheHill
0
A tragedy is unfolding in Bilaspur, India where 14 women have died as a result of complications from sterilization procedures. The use of substandard drugs is one of the reasons for the deaths.
Reacting to the public outcry, Indian officials arrested CEO of Mahawar Pharma Pvt Ltd whose products were dispensed to those that died. According to local media reports, police entered the Mahawar factory last Wednesday but left the plant open. They returned the next day to shut the factory, but not before witnesses reported seeing two men lighting a predawn fire out back.
Reuters reported that the cinders contained medicine packets, including for Mahawar Pharma’s Ciprocin 500-milligram pills. Chattisgarh’s state government banned a batch of this product following the deaths, but rural areas appear to still have a supply.
Read more – TheHill