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New Delhi: Six children have tragically died in the Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh over the last month, with contaminated cough syrups suspected of causing their fatal kidney infections.

The remaining children who fell ill are currently undergoing treatment in Nagpur. Despite the immediate ban in Chhindwara, there are disturbing reports that the two banned syrups continue to be sold in other parts of the state, raising concerns about potential further casualties if immediate statewide action is not taken. The authorities are now scrambling to track the full distribution network of the implicated drugs.

A central team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has arrived in the district to collect various sampl

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