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Summary
Some 42,000 injections purchased for rural health centers in the Jhang district have been proved Fake whereas the concerned administration stabbed in the back of the government by paying millions of rupees for the injections, even after the drug testing laboratory reports confirmed that they were fake and could be fatal for the patients.EDO health Jhang purchased 42,000 Dorcip injections for rural health centers and other hospitals and dispensaries. According to the government rules, testing of the drugs before the purchase is mandatory but the administration did not pay heed to the rules and paid for the injections without DTL report whereas later on the samples were sent for testing. It was learnt later that some 10,500 injections of Batch 266, 2000 of Batch 272, 6500 of Batch 275 and 6000 injections of Batch 267 were declared fake, contaminated and fatal by DTL, while injections of Batch 153 were not sent for laboratory testing. Instead of stopping the purchase, the administration paid the full price for the fake injections.DCO Jhang has constituted a committee to probe the matter.
