'Rat poison' drug warning after India sterilisation deaths

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'Rat poison' drug warning after India sterilisation deaths

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rat-poison-drug-warning-india-sterilisation-deaths-143024689.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w_8vXv6qqUjCA8ABH7dO7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-DEL-Del6369339-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Indian patient, recovering after complications following a sterilisation operation, walks with her child in a special ward in CIMS Hospital at Bilaspur, on November 16, 2014" align="left" title="An Indian patient, recovering after complications following a sterilisation operation, walks with her child in a special ward in CIMS Hospital at Bilaspur, on November 16, 2014" border="0" /></a>A senior Indian health official warned Sunday against buying an antibiotic feared laced with a toxin found in rat poison and linked to the deaths of 13 women who underwent sterilisation operations. Alok Shukla, principal secretary in the health department of Chhattisgarh state, urged the media to raise awareness about the ciprofloxacin tablets manufactured at a local factory and banned from sale following the deaths last week. &quot;We found zinc phosphide in one of the medicines given to the patients during the sterilisation operation,&quot; he said. Zinc phosphide is commonly used in rat poison.</p><br clear="all"/>

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