Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district has been shaken by the deaths of nine children in just over a fortnight due to kidney failure. What initially appeared to be ordinary cases of seasonal fever has now taken a deadly turn.

Health officials in Madhya Pradesh and neighbouring Rajasthan, where a similar death was reported in Sikar a few days ago, now suspect that the cases of organ failure are linked to the consumption of contaminated cough syrups.

Parasia Sub-divisional magistrate Shubham Yadav informed that, as of late last night, nine children have died in Chhindwara. He added that precautionary measures are being implemented. Six deaths had been reported by October 1.

The tragic incidents have prompted urgent testing of dextromethorphan hydrobromide syrup batches and a statewide h

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