LAHORE: A woman lost her life and 15 other affected due to an adverse reaction of injection at the Chest Ward of Mayo Hospital Lahore.
The incident took place in the Chest Surgery Ward, prompting immediate action from hospital authorities
According to the administration of Mayo Hospital Lahore, 36 -year -old female patient Noreen was died due to the reaction to Ceftrixone injection, while 15 of the patients were affected out of which three on ventilator.
The administration said the use of the injection was stopped in the hospital. A committee headed by Prof Dr Asrar -ul -Haq was constituted to investigate the matter, which included the Chief Pharmacists, Deputy Nursing and AMS Mayo Hospital.
Chief Executive Officer(CEO)Mayo Hospital Prof Mohammad Haroon Hamid says legal action will be taken against responsible officials.
On the other hand, sources said that medicines have been purchased recently at Mayo Hospital, these medicines have been brought without lab tests.
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