Cough Syrup Row: MP Minister Blames TN Govt, Says Its 'Grave Negligence' Led To Death Of Children

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Cough Syrup Row: MP Minister Blames TN Govt, Says Its 'Grave Negligence' Led To Death Of Children

Tamil Nadu government banned the sale of cough syrup 'Coldrif' with effect from October 1 and ordered removal of stocks of medicine from the market.

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh minister Narendra Shivaji Patel on Wednesday blamed the Tamil Nadu government for the death of 20 children from his state due to kidney infections caused by the consumption of an alleged contaminated cough syrup.

He said the southern state showed "grave negligence" as it was its responsibility to inspect the medicines going out of the state. Patel also asserted that while the MP government randomly inspects medicines coming into the state, it was "by chance" that this particular stock of coug