Drug victim's kin take to lawsuit
China Daily | Updated: 2009-03-20 07:39
The family of a victim of the ciwujia herbal injections that killed three and seriously injured four last October in Yunnan province filed a lawsuit demanding 1.1 million yuan ($162,552) in compensation, Yunnan Daily reported yesterday.
Li Zheng, 54, from Hunan province, was the first victim of the injectable herbal product, processed by Wandashan Pharmaceutical Co in Heilongjiang province from a Siberian ginseng.
The drug was used to treat thrombosis and heart disease.
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