TB patient dies at SCB Medical College Hospital after taking expired drugs
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Cuttack: A 17-year-old girl, who had become critical allegedly after taking expiry medicines for tuberculosis (TB), died while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital here, hospital sources said.
The girl, a native of the city's Rajabagicha area, was suffering from chronic category II tuberculosis. She was initially undergoing treatment at the City Hospital here where she was prescribed the medicines four months ago.
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