Dhirendra Singh said, "14 deaths have been reported to us. Compensation has been approved for it and the amount has reached their account. 8 children of Chhindwara are admitted to Nagpur hospital. A team has been constituted at the administration level to monitor them. Doctors and Executi
Congress workers held protests on Sunday in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and Jaipur, Rajasthan, over the death of 11 children in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, after allegedly consuming Coldrif Cough syrup.
An official statement from the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said, "On the instructions of Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav, Dr Praveen Soni, a paediatrician posted in Parasia, Chhindwara district, has been suspended with immediate effect. He has been suspended for negligence
Amid reports of the death of 11 children in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district due to the consumption of Coldrif cough syrup, Director of Colors Hospital in Nagpur, Ritesh Agarwal, said that they haven't identified the main cause of the kidney complications in children who consumed coug
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister also announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the 11 children who died due to consumption of Coldrif cough syrup in Chhindwara district.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the 11 children who died due to consumption of Coldrif cough syrup in Chhindwara district.
"The deaths of children in Chhindwara due to 'Coldrif syrup' are extremely tragic. The sale of this syrup has been banned across Madhya Pradesh. The sale of other products manufactured by the same company is also being banned," the CM said in a post on X.
Parasia Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Shubham Yadav said that almost all the children who died were aged under 5 years old and as a precaution, a door-to-door survey was going on to ascertain children's health/.
Cough syrups are also "generally not recommended" to children below 5 years of age, while the rest of the paediatric population should have "careful clinical evaluation with close supervision and strict adherence to appropriate dosing", also ensuring shortest effective duration and avoidi
A total of nine children have died so far in the suspected cough syrup consumption case in Chhindwara district, said Dr Pawan Nandurkar, Associate Professor and Head of Paediatrics at Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday.
While the ministry clarified on possible contamination of cough syrups, a multi-disciplinary expert team is also investigating all other possible causes for the deaths, with samples of water, entomological vectors, and respiratory specimens also being investigated.