A total of 11 children have lost their lives after consuming fake cough syrup in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Till now a total of 9 children have died in Chhindwara of Madhya Pradesh. A two-year-old child died in Bharatpur of Rajasthan and another child died in Sikar. In this way, 2 children died in Rajasthan.
"The deaths and the kidney injury case are linked to the cough syrup called Coldrif, which everyone is blaming. However, investigations are still ongoing, and it's possible that the kidney injury was caused by something else altogether," he added further.
He further stated that the sample of the cough syrup is sent for testing "The reports are still pending. Samples of the syrup suspected of causing the deaths have also been collected and sent for analysis."
