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Union Health Secy to hold video conference on rational use of cough syrups
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Several children have died after consuming Coldrif cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, prompting other states like Kerala and Telangana to issue public alerts banning the syrup.
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CDSCO to write to Tamil Nadu FDA to take strictest action against 'Coldrif
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The CDSCO will write to the Tamil Nadu Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take stringent measures against the company.
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"If this company is not shut down, then we will take to roads and protest"
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers held protests in Jaipur outside the Kaysons Pharma over the deaths of two children who allegedly consumed the company's cough syrup. Several other children are in serious condition, admitted to hospitals and ICUs, after consuming the same syrup.
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"Haven't identified main cause": Colors Hospital's Director on Chhindwara
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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"Strict action will be taken against those responsible": MP Deputy CM Shuk
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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.
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MP: CM Yadav announces ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to families of children die
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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.
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"Diethylene glycol, a poisonous substance, was found higher than permitted
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Maurya further said that instructions have also been issued to inspect the areas and seize the stock where the medicine was supplied.
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MP CM Mohan Yadav orders statewide ban on 'Coldrif' cough syrup after chil
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"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.
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Rajasthan bans distribution of all 19 medicines produced by Kaysons Pharma
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Following multiple child deaths and illnesses linked to its cough syrup, the Rajasthan government has banned the distribution of all 19 medicines produced by Jaipur-based Kaysons Pharma. Additionally, the state has suspended its Drug Controller, Rajaram Sharma, for allegedly influencing d
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MP: Door-to-door survey to track children's health in Chhindwara's Parasia
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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/.
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DGHS issues advisory against giving cough syrup to children under 2 years
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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"Spoke of only 3 cough syrups whose test reports were recieved": Madhya Pr
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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.
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