Cough Syrup-Linked Deaths: Toll Rises To 22 As Two More Children Succumb

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Cough Syrup-Linked Deaths: Toll Rises To 22 As Two More Children Succumb

Chhindwara's Additional Collector Dhirendra Singh Netri said that a five-year-old Vishal and Mayank Suryavanshi, aged 4, succumbed while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nagpur.

Chhindwara: Two more children from Madhya Pradesh have succumbed to kidney infections caused by the consumption of a "contaminated" cough syrup, taking the death toll to 22, an official said on Thursday. Five-year-old Vishal died on Wednesday evening and Mayank Suryavanshi, aged 4, succumbed late at night while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra, Chhindwara's Additional Collector Dhirendra Singh Netri said.

The two children hailed from Parasia town in Chhindwara, he s