Feb. 2, 2012 -- A health scandal is rocking Pakistan, with 122 people confirmed to have died in Lahore, due to complications resulting from defective cardio-vascular drugs. Nearly five hundred people have fallen ill, and the death toll is expected to rise, with over sixty currently in a critical condition.

Mohammed Sadik's family live in a southern suburb some 20 kilometers from Lahore.He has 7 children. Three of them are deaf.

At Sadik's home located in the back slums, the most valuable possessions are three makeshift beds. There's not enough room for all the family, so some have to sleep on the cold ground. The entire family's livelihood depends on Sadik's breakfast stall.

After suffering from heart disease, Sadik received free cardio-vascular medicine from a state-run Cardiology Institute. But after taking several bottles, he began to spit blood. He's now receiving hospital treatment.

Sadik's son said "He was quite well before he took the medicine. But his condition worsened after taking the drug. Now we can't afford to buy blood for him after his constant bleeding."

Sadik's wife said "The government has offered us some compensation, but it cannot even cover the travel expenses from our home to the hospital. I don't have the money go to hospital, and the only person who can support the family is lying in hospital. We can't even pay our rent. How can we make a living?"

Sadik is in a severe condition, and it's not clear when he will be discharged.His family is now getting further and further into debt.

Most of the patients who've been affected live in extreme poverty, like Sadik.The lives of some of Pakistan's poorest people have now been made that much harder by the defective drugs.