Is the World’s Pharmacy Also Killing People?

www.ozy.com [OZY]( OZY A Modern Media Company Share This Sh*t January 27, 2023 Share This Sh*t [The drop]( IS THE WORLD’S PHARMACY ALSO KILLING PEOPLE? Potentially deadly medications have made their way from India to the rest of the world. Sponsored by [Cariuma]( Heart Attacks on the Rise Safina Nabi in Srinagar, Kashmir [@soul_restlesss]( On a frigid January afternoon, I traveled through the narrow lanes of downtown Srinagar in Kashmir to meet Shaista Bano. As I crossed tiny lanes filled with dirt, I asked people to direct me to her house. After following the flurry of instructions, I reached her house and knocked on the door. Bano peeped out of a small kitchen window, then stepped out to talk to me. Sitting on a parapet on the banks of the Jhelum River, the woman in her late 30s started speaking slowly about having suddenly lost her husband a few months earlier after he suffered a cardiac arrest. We took him to the hospital but returned with his body. - Shaista Bano The Himalayan region of Kashmir faces at least four months of harsh winters where the night temperature drops down to around 20 F. Doctors in the region have long warned that the cold weather narrows blood vessels, reducing the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the heart and leaving people more vulnerable to heart attacks. But Bano’s husband did something that aggravated those risks, according to doctors. “He was suffering from a cold, which is common in winters here. For three days, he consumed anti-cold medicines, which did not help,” Bano told OZY. “That morning, we decided to see a doctor, but in the afternoon, he started complaining of chest pain. We took him to the hospital but returned with his body.” [READ MORE]( ADVERTISEMENT [RIDE THE WAVE OF NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS]( Looking fresh in the new year atop your list of new years resolutions? 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