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AI image for representational purpose The Centre has issued an advisory on the rational use of cough syrups in the pediatric population after the tragic death of 12 children in MP and Rajasthan. Laboratory analyses have confirmed the presence of diethylene glycol (DEG), a toxic industrial chemical, in the syrups, which is believed to have…
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…
BHOPAL/JAIPUR: Alarm bells are ringing over the deaths of 12 children in MP and Rajasthan following complications after use of cough syrups, prompting the Centre to issue an advisory on Friday against prescribing cold and cough medications to children aged below 2.The advisory to all states and UTs by Directorate General of Health Services came…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Friday issued an advisory to all states and Union territories calling for a “rational use of cough syrups in the paediatric population” after nine deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara due to kidney-related complications.The ministry of health and family welfare informed that the tests on the cough syrup samples revealed…
AI generated image for representation purpose At least 11 children have died after reportedly consuming counterfeit cough syrup in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. According to news agency ANI, so far, nine deaths have been reported in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh and in Rajasthan, two children have died—one in Bharatpur and another in Sikar. Dr Pawan Nandurkar,…
NEW DELHI: A senior doctor in Rajasthan who drank a cough syrup to reassure anxious parents later collapsed unconscious, as the medicine has been linked to the deaths of at least two children and several others falling ill in the state. Dr Tarachand Yogi, in charge of the Bayana community health centre, consumed a dose…
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