“Amid child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh , a government hospital in Gwalior is now facing a complaint over worms allegedly found in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given to a child,” officials said on Thursday (October 16, 2025).

“Following a complaint by a woman whose child was given the medicine, the entire stock of Azithromycin antibiotic at the government hospital in Morar town of Gwalior district has been sealed and samples have been sent to a laboratory in Bhopal for testing,” they said.

Cough syrup deaths: another child from Madhya Pradesh dies during treatment in Nagpur

Azithromycin antibiotic's oral suspension is commonly given to children for various infections. According to officials, the medicine was generic and manufactured by a Madhya Pradesh-

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