Pakistan: 17 Dead From Poisonous Cough Syrup

At least 17 people have died in Pakistan after drinking cough syrup suspected of being poisonous.

According to local reports, several people were taken to hospitals in the nearby eastern city of Lahore on Saturday after taking the mixture.

Dr Zahid Pervez, said most of the victims were young men between the ages of 20 and 35.

"A majority of the victims have a history of being drug addicts. They drank this syrup as a self-medication to get high," the head of the hospital said.

Police and health officials working on the case said they believed the victims had added something to the syrup to make it more intoxicating.

"Normally, if an addict drinks half a bottle, or even a full bottle, he is not in danger of being killed.

"A person not used to drugs could suffer, but not these addicts. So, our suspicions - and the lines on which we are investigating with the police- are that they added something to the syrup to turn it into a cocktail, because of which the potency of the drug increased," said district health officer Dr Inamul Haq.

Donkey cart owner Mohammad Goga, recovering in hospital, said he had taken the medicine because he had a bad cough.

"I bought it from a medical store," he said. "I told them to give me a good cough medicine so that I could recover quickly.

"They gave me this syrup and told me to take three or four spoons. They had meant teaspoons, whereas I took tablespoonfuls which was perhaps too much. I felt sick afterwards, so I thought maybe I should have some more. But when I did that, I fainted," he added.

While the authorities say the alleged addicts had added something to the mixture, families of the victims claim the syrup - Tyno - was toxic, and their relatives had died after taking normal prescribed doses of the medicine.

The owners of three chemists where the syrup was sold have been arrested and a sample of the medicine has been sent for analysis.

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