Two more children from Madhya Pradesh, who were undergoing treatment at a Nagpur hospital after consuming a contaminated cough syrup, succumbed to their deaths on Wednesday, taking the death toll in the tragedy to 22.

Five-year-old Vishal died on Wednesday evening, and Mayank Suryavanshi, aged 4, succumbed late at night. Both of them hailed from Parasia town in Chhindwara.

Scores of children from Chhindwara and Betul districts have been admitted to hospitals over the last few weeks due to kidney infections, allegedly after taking the Coldrif syrup, the samples of which were found to have contained diethylene glycol, a poisonous substance.

According to reports, several children are still undergoing treatment, and five of them are in critical condition.

The tragic deaths of children have

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