The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday, i.e., October 3, took note of reports claiming deaths among children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due to the consumption of contaminated cough syrups. At least nine children died after consuming allegedly spurious cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, Dr Pawan Nandurkar, Associate Professor and Head of Paediatrics in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, said, as cited by news agency ANI.
