Mentally ill at PIMH attempting suicide

July 21, 2008 Abuse, Death, ECT, Fraud, Hospital, Human rights, News, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Psychotropic drugs No Comments

Manzoor Qadir

LAHORE: A number of patients at the Punjab Institute of Mental Health (PIMH) have attempted suicide, as the executive director changed the modus operandi of treatment owing to non-availability of quality anti-depressants, allege doctors on the condition of anonymity on Sunday.
Lately, nine patients-Nadeem Mubeen, Zulqarnain Hyder, Irfan, Zaman, Tazeem, Bushra Bibi, Nazim Ali, Rahat Jabeen and Tariq Nazir- tried to end their lives.

Earlier, two patients also committed suicide but the administration instead of taking preventive measures tried to hush-up the matter.

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Legislators want to get tough with drug manufacturers

July 21, 2008 Abilify, Antipsychotic, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, News, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Zyprexa 1 Comment

By Terry Date
Staff writer

Seventeen state representatives wrote New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte in May, asking her to seek financial compensation from pharmaceutical companies that have improperly marketed or not fully disclosed side effects of antipsychotic drugs.

The petitioners didn’t know it at the time, but the attorney general’s office had been investigating one of those companies, Bristol-Myers Squibb, since 2004.

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