Indian authorities have halted production of cough syrup at a factory of Maiden Pharmaceuticals, a state minister said on Wednesday, after a WHO report that the medicine may be linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia. The health minister in Haryana state, Anil Vij, told Reuters partner[Read More…]
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Gambia Police Link Child Deaths To Cough Syrup Imported By U.S. Firm
The deaths of 69 children from acute kidney injury in Gambia is linked to four cough syrups made in India and imported into the West African country via a U.S.-based pharmaceutical company, the Gambian police said in a preliminary investigation report on Tuesday. World Health Organization (WHO) investigators had already[Read More…]
Calls For Justice Intensify As Health Minister Refuses To Step Down
Campaigners are pushing ahead with plan to amplify calls for justice for the 69 children who died of acute kidney injury (AKI) as the Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, refuses to throw in the towel. “As a campaign, we are a group of sovereign citizens who are determined[Read More…]