MP: Door-to-door survey to track children’s health in Chhindwara’s Parasia after cough syrup scare

A door-to-door health survey is underway in the Parasia development block of Chhindwara district to identify children’s health after nine deaths in the last 30 days in the suspected cough syrup consumption case in the district, a senior official said.

Parasia Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Shubham Yadav said that almost all the children who died were aged under 5 years old, and as a precaution, a door-to-door survey was going on to ascertain children’s health, especially focusing on whether any children had fallen ill again after the recovery.

“Nine children have died so far in the Parasia development block, and the last death occurred two days ago. In the preliminary examination, reports indicate kidney failure (acute kidney injury), but the exact cause is unknown,” SDM Yadav told ANI.