Preliminary investigation of the unnatural death of eleven children in Himachal Pradesh shows that a cough syrup branded as Coldbest-PC is the cause of death. As many as 5,500 bottles of this syrup of the controversial September 2019 batch meant for children had been sold in several states, including Haryana, J&K, Tripura, UP, Himachal and some in the North-East.
State Drugs Controller Navneet Marwaha said the firm’s manufacturing licence has been withdrawn and as an added precaution they were coordinating with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation officials to reach out to the end-users of this cough syrup and unused syrup bottles have been withdrawn from as far as Kanpur and Saharanpur.
Between December and January, 17 children who took the medication were taken to the hospital following health issues. Eleven of these children died of kidney failure. Preliminary reports say that is that the cough syrup that contains Diethylin glycol that caused the death. Further investigations are underway.
Following the report, authorities have started a drive to find out who have purchased the medicine and have so far seized 450 bottles of killer syrup in Panipat, Ambala.
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