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13-Year-Old Burn Victim Dies, Madhya Pradesh Hospital Report Points To 2-Hour Delay
A 13-year-old child, struck by lightning in Mahoba, fought for his life not just against severe burns, but against a medical system that made his family wander through the hospital corridors, clutching his IV drip in their hands.
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Pharma Firm Owner Arrested Over 20 Children's Deaths Linked To Coldrif Syrup
The owner of the Tamil Nadu-based pharmaceuticals company that manufactured the adulterated Coldrif cough syrup linked to dozens of children's deaths in several states has been detained.
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Drug Regulator's Advisory Over Lapses Amid Outrage Over Cough Syrup Deaths
India's top drug regulator has issued an advisory over serious lapses in pharmaceutical manufacturing practices, amid growing outrage over child deaths allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrups.
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Boy, 3, Dies Of Dog Bite, Maharashtra Family Demands Street Dogs Be Picked
Eight days after the incident, when the child, Arman, began scratching his head, the family found teeth marks on the head, hidden under the hair.
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Exclusive: Coldrif Cough Syrup Contains Salt Banned 2 Years Ago For Children Under 4
Prescribed in children to treat symptoms of cold and cough, including runny nose, sneezing and sore throat and watery eyes, Coldrif contains Chlorpheniramine Maleate, Paracetamol and Phenylephrine.
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Karnataka Bans Cough, Cold Syrups For Children Under 2 Years
The Karnataka Health Department on Monday issued an advisory to healthcare institutions in the state not to prescribe or dispense cough and cold syrups to children below the age of two, following child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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Jharkhand Bans Cough Syrups Following Children Death In Other States
The Jharkhand government imposed an immediate ban on the sale and use of three cough syrups Coldrif, Respifresh, and Relife following reports of child deaths allegedly linked to the medicines in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, officials said.
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Toxic Cough Syrup Scare: What Went Wrong And Why All Syrups Aren't Unsafe
Recent child deaths and hospitalisations linked to a contaminated cough syrup have raised fears across India.
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Centre Holds High-Level Meeting After Cough Syrup Deaths
The Union Health Ministry on Sunday held an emergency high-level meeting with health secretaries and drug control officials from all States and Union Territories in the wake of multiple child deaths linked to contaminated cough syrup.
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3-Member Committee To Probe 18-Month-Old Baby's Death At Andhra Facility
A 3-member committee will probe into the death of an 18-month-old baby who had been left at the local Shishu Gruha or Child Care Centre, a facility run by Andhra Pradesh's Women and Child Welfare department.
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Kerala Latest State To Ban 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup After Unexplained Deaths
Kerala has become the latest state to suspend the sale and distribution of the cough syrup Coldrif, after reports from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan linked the medicine to the deaths of at least 11 children over the past month.
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Cough Syrup Row: Tamil Nadu Acts Within A Day, Madhya Pradesh Probe Drags On
While Tamil Nadu tested, confirmed, and banned the suspected batch within 24 hours, Madhya Pradesh is still "awaiting reports".
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Tamil Nadu Bans 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup After Child Deaths In Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
The Tamil Nadu government has banned the sale of cough syrup 'Coldrif' and ordered its removal from the market following suspicions linking it to the death of 11 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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Firm Behind Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths Under Scanner In Rajasthan
The company whose cough syrup has been linked to three deaths and a doctor losing consciousness in Rajasthan is now under the state government's scanner.
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Rajasthan Health Department Rules Out Government Cough Syrup Link In Child Deaths
The Rajasthan Health Department has clarified that the recent deaths of two children in Bharatpur and Sikar districts were not caused by cough syrup distributed under the state's free medicine scheme, according to an official statement.
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13-Year-Old Burn Victim Dies, Madhya Pradesh Hospital Report Points To 2-Hour Delay
A 13-year-old child, struck by lightning in Mahoba, fought for his life not just against severe burns, but against a medical system that made his family wander through the hospital corridors, clutching his IV drip in their hands.
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Pharma Firm Owner Arrested Over 20 Children's Deaths Linked To Coldrif Syrup
The owner of the Tamil Nadu-based pharmaceuticals company that manufactured the adulterated Coldrif cough syrup linked to dozens of children's deaths in several states has been detained.
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Drug Regulator's Advisory Over Lapses Amid Outrage Over Cough Syrup Deaths
India's top drug regulator has issued an advisory over serious lapses in pharmaceutical manufacturing practices, amid growing outrage over child deaths allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrups.
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Boy, 3, Dies Of Dog Bite, Maharashtra Family Demands Street Dogs Be Picked
Eight days after the incident, when the child, Arman, began scratching his head, the family found teeth marks on the head, hidden under the hair.
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Exclusive: Coldrif Cough Syrup Contains Salt Banned 2 Years Ago For Children Under 4
Prescribed in children to treat symptoms of cold and cough, including runny nose, sneezing and sore throat and watery eyes, Coldrif contains Chlorpheniramine Maleate, Paracetamol and Phenylephrine.
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Karnataka Bans Cough, Cold Syrups For Children Under 2 Years
The Karnataka Health Department on Monday issued an advisory to healthcare institutions in the state not to prescribe or dispense cough and cold syrups to children below the age of two, following child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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Jharkhand Bans Cough Syrups Following Children Death In Other States
The Jharkhand government imposed an immediate ban on the sale and use of three cough syrups Coldrif, Respifresh, and Relife following reports of child deaths allegedly linked to the medicines in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, officials said.
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Toxic Cough Syrup Scare: What Went Wrong And Why All Syrups Aren't Unsafe
Recent child deaths and hospitalisations linked to a contaminated cough syrup have raised fears across India.
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Centre Holds High-Level Meeting After Cough Syrup Deaths
The Union Health Ministry on Sunday held an emergency high-level meeting with health secretaries and drug control officials from all States and Union Territories in the wake of multiple child deaths linked to contaminated cough syrup.
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3-Member Committee To Probe 18-Month-Old Baby's Death At Andhra Facility
A 3-member committee will probe into the death of an 18-month-old baby who had been left at the local Shishu Gruha or Child Care Centre, a facility run by Andhra Pradesh's Women and Child Welfare department.
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Kerala Latest State To Ban 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup After Unexplained Deaths
Kerala has become the latest state to suspend the sale and distribution of the cough syrup Coldrif, after reports from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan linked the medicine to the deaths of at least 11 children over the past month.
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Cough Syrup Row: Tamil Nadu Acts Within A Day, Madhya Pradesh Probe Drags On
While Tamil Nadu tested, confirmed, and banned the suspected batch within 24 hours, Madhya Pradesh is still "awaiting reports".
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Tamil Nadu Bans 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup After Child Deaths In Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
The Tamil Nadu government has banned the sale of cough syrup 'Coldrif' and ordered its removal from the market following suspicions linking it to the death of 11 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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Firm Behind Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths Under Scanner In Rajasthan
The company whose cough syrup has been linked to three deaths and a doctor losing consciousness in Rajasthan is now under the state government's scanner.
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Rajasthan Health Department Rules Out Government Cough Syrup Link In Child Deaths
The Rajasthan Health Department has clarified that the recent deaths of two children in Bharatpur and Sikar districts were not caused by cough syrup distributed under the state's free medicine scheme, according to an official statement.
