Toxic cough syrup kills 24 in Pakistan
- Published: 29 Dec 2012 at 23.46
- Online news: Asia
At least 24 people, mostly drug addicts seeking a fix, have died after drinking toxic cough syrup in an eastern Pakistani city, officials said on Saturday.
Patients who consumed toxic cough syrup receive treatment in a hospital in Gujranwala on Saturday. At least 24 people, mostly drug addicts seeking a fix, have died after drinking toxic cough syrup in an eastern Pakistani city, officials said on Saturday.
The deaths started occurring Wednesday in the industrial city of Gujranwala, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of Lahore, with most of the victims drug addicts who took the syrup for intoxication, police and doctors said.
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