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NAGPUR: A drug usually administered on hooch (spurious liquor) poisoning victims proved to be the antidote for the damage caused by the killer cough syrup, Coldrif, which allegedly killed 15 children from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district and severely affected several others below the age of 12 since August.When all standard treatments failed and children continued…
Maharashtra FDA has imposed a statewide ban on Coldrif syrup (Batch No. SR-13) after it was linked to 14 child fatalities in neighboring states due to diethylene glycol contamination NAGPUR: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has imposed statewide ban on the sale, distribution, and use of Coldrif syrup (Batch No. SR-13), a paediatric…
NAGPUR: At least 14 more children from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district who had been administered the now-banned cough syrup Coldrif are battling for life in government and private hospitals in Nagpur after suffering renal failure.Lab reports confirmed the six children who died at GMCH-Nagpur had suffered renal failure due to diethylene glycol (DEG) toxicity. Syrup…
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) BHOPAL: Three more children died in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara on Sunday after allegedly having cough syrup, taking the toll to 14 on a day a government doctor was arrested, an SIT was formed and the body of a two-year-old girl was exhumed for autopsy – the first among the reported…
An official looks at bottles of the cough syrup after a raid by the Drug and Pharmaceuticals Department officials in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. (Picture credit: PTI) BHOPAL/NEW DELHI: As the number of children dying of renal failure in MP’s Chhindwara district after consumption of cough syrup rose to 11, with two more fatalities reported on…
BHOPAL: The deaths of seven out of nine children in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district were traced to a poisonous cough syrup, Coldrif, which was found to contain a highly toxic industrial chemical, diethylene glycol (DEG). Laboratory tests conducted in Tamil Nadu confirmed the presence of the substance in the syrup, prompting the Madhya Pradesh govt…
