At least 11 young people, including high school students have died due to suspected drug overdose in a span of 19 days since December 20, in Mizoram’s capital city, official sources said today.
State health department officials said that many of the youth were brought unconscious with symptoms of drug overdose to the Civil Hospital here where many of them died.
Some of them were revived by administering antidotes while some died as they received treatment too late,” the
officials said.
Jeremy Pachuau, Medical Officer of the Aizawl Civil Hospital’s Emergency department said that most of the cases
were due to consumption of cough syrup spiked with grape wine which could produce dangerous chemical reactions.
Further investigations were necessary, he added.
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