NewsWhore
02-04-2009, 02:00 PM
The Ministry of Public Health launched an operation yesterday to remove fake Human Gamma Globulin from pharmacy shelves after TV investigative journalist Nuria Piera revealed that two patients died after being administered with the substance at a public hospital. The drugs were being improperly used as tetanus vaccines. According to Hoy, Gamma Globulin has also been used as an appetite stimulant, sexual stimulant, a face cream and a calcium supplement. This fake medication has no official health registration for any of these uses and should not be on the market. The National Police has announced that four people have been arrested for the sale and distribution of the fake drug. The Ministry of Public Health has issued a health warning to national hospitals, pharmacies and to the population. Raids have continued in Cristo Rey, Villa Consuelo and Ensanche La Fe in order to get it off the market as soon as possible. Hoy reports that though the trafficking of illegal pharmaceuticals has been a problem in the DR for many years, but that this time it has made headlines because of the deaths.
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