Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Umang Singhar, on Monday slammed Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Health Minister Rajendra Shukla over the deaths of children in Chhindwara after allegedly consuming a contaminated cough syrup.
The UP government banned the sale of Coldrif Cough Syrup to prevent further harm, and an advisory has been issued urging people not to consume this type of cough syrup.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Monday slammed the State government over the deaths of children allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrup and demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigation under the monitoring of the Supreme Court.
The state's Assistant Commissioner of Drug Administration has issued instructions to all drug inspectors to collect samples of the cough syrup from both government and private institutions across Uttar Pradesh.
Following multiple deaths reported at Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrup, several states, including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Telangana, Kerala, have issued advisories and banned the Coldrif cough
Speaking to ANI, the Deputy Chief Minister said, "The test reports for the three medicines that came in earlier did not find any toxic substances of this kind...The report on the syrup from the Tamil Nadu factory came late at night and the cause of deaths was revealed: 48.6 per cent dieth
The matter had been earlier reviewed by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda, who had directed that the matter may be discussed with States/UTs to ensure necessary actions, according to an official release from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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
He further said that the government was attempting to protect certain pharmaceutical companies for financial gain. "The government wants to save the companies from which it has taken money. The government is committing corruption in the name of medicine. What greater sin can there be than
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.