In the cough syrup-linked deaths, the toll has risen to 22, as two more children succumbed to kidney infection caused by the consumption of "contaminated" cough syrup.Officials have confirmed that 5-year-old Vishal and 4-year-old Mayank Suryavanshi died on Wednesday evening and late at night, respectively, while they were undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nagpur, which is in Maharashtra - the neighboring state to Madhya Pradesh, where the cough syrup row had begun. The contaminated cough syrup has severely affected children in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara. The deaths of two more children who hailed from Chhindwara have been confirmed by Chhindwara's Additional Collector, Dhirendra Singh Netri. Officials have also confirmed that several other children are undergoing treatment due to the
Cough Syrup Row: Death Toll Rise To 22 As 2 More Children Succumb

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