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Indonesian court hears class-action suit after children die as result of contaminated cough syrup

indonesian court

Families of Indonesian children who died demand compensation. Indonesian court heard the suit on Tuesday. The two chemicals are used as a less expensive substitute in many cough syrups. As a class-action case against governmental organisations and pharmaceutical companies began to be heard in an Indonesian court on Tuesday, the families of Indonesian children who … Read more

India stopped making cough syrup following the Gambia kids deaths

India

Cough syrup manufacture has been halted by Indian health officials after being connected to child fatalities in The Gambia. Four cough syrups manufactured by Maiden were cited by the World Health Organization (WHO) as being responsible for the deaths of over 70 children. India and The Gambia are also conducting investigations at the moment.  Cough … Read more

Cough syrup scandal in the Gambia: police investigate drug-related medicine

Cough syrup scandal

Four kinds of imported cough syrup have been linked to the deaths of 66 children, and police in The Gambia has begun an inquiry. The probe would “leave no stone unturned,” according to President Adama Barrow. Parents who lost children have told the BBC how the syrups caused their kids to lose the ability to … Read more