Kerala government constituted a committee to submit a report on the management of pediatric cough syrups following the death of at least 14 children after consumption of Coldrif syrup in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Tuesday.
"The state government is vigilant and sensitive, and no negligence will be tolerated in matters concerning human life. Accordingly, Drug Inspector of Chhindwara Gaurav Sharma, Drug Inspector of Jabalpur Sharad Kumar Jain, and Deputy Director, Food & Drug Administration Shobhit Koshta
The Indian Medical Association has defended the arrest of a paediatrician amid child deaths from contaminated cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh and called the arrest "a classical example of legal illiteracy" of the police officials. The IMA further requested immediate action against the perpe
Addressing the reporters, CM Yadav said, "Today, I have come to meet the families who lost their loved ones in a tragic cough syrup incident in Chhindwara district. As soon as we received information about the incident, we took required action into the matter. Today also, I have given ord
A day after Uttarakhand launched raids on medical stores across the state in the wake of children deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Additional Commissioner and Drug Controller Tajbar Singh Jaggi appealed people not to purchase any medicines without a doctor's prescription.
Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari on Monday demanded the removal of Health Minister Rajendra Shukla following the death of 14 children in Chhindwara.
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