A health department spokesman confirmed the deaths at various government hospitals and ordered to conduct postmortem of the dead bodies.

The two victims today were Bilquis of Sandrah died at Mayo hospital and Rana Anwar at Services.

According to the sources, 40 patients died at Services Hospital, 13 at Sir Ganga Ram and nine each at Jinnah and Mayo.

Another report said that, A total of 11 cardiac patients died at Mayo Hospital during the last three weeks or so.

The sources further said that 352 cardiac patients of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology were shifted to various hospitals of the city since the incidence of reaction to suspected drugs surfaced. “Of them, 174 are still under treatment at hospitals.”