HIV & Hepatitis threat looms as drug testing lab declares medical syringe samples substandard

HIV & Hepatitis threat looms as drug testing lab declares medical syringe samples substandard

KARACHI: A severe public health crisis has triggered alarms across the country, particularly in Sindh, following a shocking revelation by the Sindh Drug Testing Laboratory, Karachi. The laboratory has officially declared samples of medical syringes circulating in the market as substandard, raising an immediate and critical threat of an outbreak of blood-borne diseases, including HIV and Hepatitis. Adnan Rizvi, Director of the Sindh Drug Testing …