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Punjab bans injection allegedly causing loss of vision - Javed Akram's Reaction

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00:00 Dr. Javed Akram, the Minister of Health, Punjab is with you.

00:03 Sir, tell us, is this the same detail that I have told you about?

00:07 Or are there some other elements that are important to tell people?

00:11 Thank you very much, Sadaf.

00:14 Look, I think you have given very accurate details.

00:18 I will just add that the hospital downstairs is closed,

00:25 but a place has been taken there, as you said, two or three rooms.

00:29 And there is no factory there, and dispensers used it,

00:35 as you are saying, a multi-dose vial has been divided into each cc,

00:41 and many medicines were made from it,

00:43 and they, I don't know, through cold chain or in the same way,

00:47 supplied it to the doctors.

00:49 And to save the eyes from being blind,

00:53 that the pupa weakens due to sugar or it clots,

00:59 or the senile degeneration with age,

01:04 of the macula or retina,

01:07 to save that, it was used.

01:09 Actually, this Westin medicine,

01:13 is of a multinational company,

01:16 Roche, a very well-known company,

01:19 and its main indication is that this drug is used as an anti-cancer.

01:28 The injection applied inside the eyes is an off-label use,

01:32 it is not a registered use,

01:36 neither FDA has approved it in America,

01:39 nor this use has been used by DRAP.

01:43 But doctors think, the ophthalmologists, eye specialists,

01:46 that these are the benefits of using it in these indications,

01:51 intraocular, inside the eyes.

01:55 And if this had to be divided,

01:58 then it had to be in the sterile area,

02:01 and that too should have been a licensed area,

02:03 and there should have been qualified people,

02:07 there was nothing like that.

02:08 That's why when this thing came in my sight the day before yesterday,

02:12 and the people's party,

02:16 Chaudhary, Manzoor Choudhary,

02:18 Chaudhary is Manzoor Hussain's brother?

02:20 Yes, he called me by chance,

02:24 he is our brother,

02:25 he told me and he was very worried about this thing,

02:29 so at that time I...

02:31 Sir, if they didn't tell, wouldn't this situation have come to light?

02:35 Others tell me, how far did it spread?

02:37 You said that some doctors took it,

02:40 obviously, it must have reached the doctors through the hospital,

02:42 but there must have been some process,

02:44 the company must have been checked,

02:46 because it is also being said that this company was not licensed.

02:51 But Sadaf, if someone starts doing this in their home,

02:57 how will the government know?

02:59 If there has been a complication, they will know.

03:02 And when we found out, it's only been two days,

03:04 we saw it right away,

03:07 where did the injection come from,

03:09 where was it bought from, where was it brought from,

03:12 and the doctor who injected it, was asked,

03:15 then we raided there,

03:17 and sealed it,

03:19 and got the FIR filed on two or three people,

03:22 who are also arrested,

03:23 and tomorrow we are taking their remand.

03:28 And then, similarly,

03:30 a while ago our meeting with the Chief Minister ended,

03:35 and this meeting was being held in the same context,

03:38 so we decided there, and my recommendation was,

03:40 that you halt this for two weeks,

03:43 and declare this medicine completely illegal,

03:47 so that where it is made, how it is made,

03:49 how it comes, is it indicated or not,

03:52 we freeze all this,

03:55 so that in two weeks, the reports we have sent,

03:59 we have seen the sterilization, which geracin grows,

04:03 and all this, and its indications,

04:05 and at the level of import, it should be checked.

04:08 Sir, I will come to this, but tell me,

04:09 all these things, that the right medicine is being delivered,

04:12 no fake medicine is being delivered to hospitals, to patients,

04:16 who is responsible for ensuring this?

04:18 And where do you think, who is being negligent?

04:21 The accused were doing what they were doing,

04:22 but negligence was done here also,

04:24 at this end, who do you think is responsible?

04:26 See, the hospitals that injected them,

04:29 or the doctors that injected them,

04:32 it was their job, that they should see,

04:34 that according to the standard,

04:36 if I, I am a doctor too, I also practice,

04:39 if I have to give medicine to someone,

04:41 then I will first see the date of expiry,

04:44 I will see its sedimentation,

04:46 and I will see, whether it has a warranty or not.

04:50 This law, our drug law says,

04:52 that you will not buy any medicine without a warranty,

04:55 nor will you inject it, nor will you use it.

04:58 It is called a bill warranty, and it should be present everywhere.

05:02 If someone injects without it,

05:04 then it is obviously an illegal activity.

05:06 And these hospitals, they are spread all over Punjab,

05:10 not only in Kasur, in Lahore,

05:12 we reported 20 patients in these 2 days,

05:16 when this hype was created on the media,

05:18 maybe the patients were not aware,

05:20 through you people, awareness was created,

05:22 in Multan, in Pahawalpur,

05:25 in Shujaabad, in small, small, small cities.

05:28 Now, the people who inject there,

05:30 were they certified or not,

05:34 and I am telling you again and again,

05:35 that this is not a regular approved use,

05:39 of injecting in the eyes,

05:40 this is used on the whims of the people.

05:42 Sir, tell me one thing,

05:44 many of the medicines were being taken out,

05:48 this is at the level of the doctor,

05:50 or the one who is injecting there,

05:52 this must be happening at his level,

05:54 is it like this, please clear this a little.

05:57 No, I will clear this,

05:59 this whole Memorial Hospital,

06:01 is a private hospital,

06:03 in 2 rooms, this work was being done,

06:05 that with the help of multi-dose vial,

06:07 see, when you play with multi-dose vial,

06:09 you have to keep it in the cold chain,

06:11 at -2,

06:14 and after using it for 8 hours,

06:16 the unused one,

06:18 you have to destroy it.

06:20 So, I think, these doctors should have,

06:22 bought this vial,

06:24 instead of the whole vial,

06:26 they should have bought the divided vial,

06:28 and bought the whole vial,

06:30 and gathered more people,

06:33 and put them together in a week,

06:35 this is not an emergency vaccine,

06:37 that if you don't put it for an hour,

06:39 it is an off-label use,

06:41 that by cholestering it,

06:43 patients could be better organized,

06:45 and put it on,

06:47 but before this, we will reach the stage,

06:50 that if there is an infection,

06:52 then it is of fungus, bacteria,

06:54 and we have also decided,

06:56 that these 68 patients,

06:58 who have suffered,

07:00 we will give them free of cost,

07:02 state of the art treatment,

07:04 even if they have to be sent abroad,

07:07 to protect their health,

07:09 to their hospitals,

07:11 we have started Intracooler Antibiotics,

07:13 we hope that,

07:15 with their permanent disability,

07:17 Allah will save them.

07:19 Sir, you have told us the number,

07:21 68 are affected,

07:23 or there could be more,

07:26 people could be affected.

07:28 We have also given in the newspaper,

07:30 and through your channel,

07:32 that wherever they have a doubt,

07:34 that they have been given this injection,

07:36 and they have a problem in the eyes,

07:38 they should report it,

07:40 all our nearby hospitals,

07:43 big ones, like Nishtar in Multan,

07:45 MIMEO hospital in Lahore,

07:47 services, Lahore General Hospital,

07:49 where IK departments are present,

07:51 all of them have been alerted,

07:53 so that, till now,

07:55 68 people have come to Manzir-e-Aam,

07:57 to find us.

08:00 Sir, obviously,

08:02 this is not your domain,

08:04 it is related to your health department,

08:06 but the names that have come up,

08:08 what is your guess,

08:10 that because they were suppliers,

08:12 it could be them, or there could be

08:14 more people behind it,

08:16 to whom it could be reached.

08:19 Look, this is a very good question,

08:21 this could be a tip of the iceberg,

08:23 and it is possible that this same business,

08:25 could be done in other vaccines also.

08:27 The aim is that,

08:29 I think that,

08:31 obviously, our patients are not so aware,

08:33 they are not so educated,

08:36 otherwise, this patient,

08:38 ideally, it should be that,

08:40 the patient should buy this vaccine himself,

08:42 and take it to the doctor,

08:44 and he should apply it, and destroy it himself,

08:46 so that it cannot be stored in the fridge,

08:48 for someone else,

08:50 because its shelf life does not remain,

08:53 when it is opened, if you keep it somewhere,

08:55 then it will spread infection to others.

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