Daijiworld Media Network – Chhindwara

Chhindwara, Oct 5: In the wake of the deaths of 11 children allegedly caused by contaminated Coldrif cough syrup, a doctor in Chhindwara has been arrested, officials said on Sunday. Most of the affected children had been treated at the clinic of Praveen Soni, a paediatrician in Parasia, who is a government doctor but also ran a private clinic.

The Madhya Pradesh government has filed a case against Srisan Pharmaceuticals, based in Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram district, which manufactured the syrup. Earlier tests revealed that samples of Coldrif contained 48.6% diethylene glycol, a highly toxic substance, and were declared “Not of Standard Quality” by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Drug Control. As a precaution, the administration also banned another syrup

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