BHOPAL: Acute kidney failure caused by poisoning from Coldrif cough syrup has claimed the life of one more child from Madhya Pradesh, taking the total death toll from the tragedy to 24.

The latest death was reported from a hospital in Nagpur (Maharashtra), where Ambika Viswakarma, aged three and a half years, a native of the Chourai area of Chhindwara district, who had been under treatment since September 14, died due to acute renal failure on Wednesday.

While confirming the tragic development, Chhindwara’s additional district collector Dhirendra Singh told TNIE that with this latest death, as many as 21 children from various parts of Chhindwara district have died at hospitals in Chhindwara and Nagpur due to the cough syrup poisoning-induced acute kidney failure since September 3.

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