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Cough syrup tragedy: Union Health Secretary chairs meeting amid deaths in
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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Two children die in MP's Betul due to cough syrup
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At least 14 deaths have been reported due to the alleged consumption of a cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara.
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"48.6 per cent diethylene glycol found in now-banned syrup," says MP Deput
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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Union Health Secretary chairs high-level meeting with states, UTs on ratio
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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.
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MP: Death toll rises to 14 in Chhindwara cough syrup tragedy
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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"Immediate action should be taken": Congress' Ashok Gehlot on cough syrup
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday demanded immediate action over the deaths of children linked to cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh.
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Cough Syrup row: "Govt wants to save companies from which it has taken mon
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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Congress workers in MP, Rajasthan protest cough syrup deaths
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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.
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Not ordinary deaths, but "murder": Congress MLA after 11 children die in M
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Sharma criticised the Health department for delaying the investigation, further stating that the entire matter seemed suspicious and appealed for an FIR against all involved.
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Cough syrup row: Paediatrician suspended on MP Chief Minister's orders aft
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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11 children dead in MP: Doctor who prescribed cough syrup arrested; TN-bas
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"On the basis of the BMO report, a case was filed under the 105 BNS, 276 BNS, and 27 (A) Drug and Cosmetic Act. Dr Praveen Soni treated the maximum number of children in this matter. He had prescribed Coldrif... Based on this, he has been named an accused in this case. The manufacturing c
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Uttarakhand launches statewide crackdown on banned cough syrups following
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Following the advisory issued by the Central Government, the state has appealed to doctors not to prescribe banned cough syrups for children.
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