18 Children Died in Uzbekistan Consuming Indian Cough Syrup, WHO Assure for Investigation
Uzbekistan Death : A cough syrup killed 18 children in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan. The Ministry of Health there has claimed that the cough syrup that the children drank was Dok-1 Max syrup of an Indian pharmaceutical company. This case of death of children in Uzbekistan has come after the incident when the news of the death of 66 children after drinking the same medicine came in the African country Gambia.
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Uzbekistan Death : Doc-1 Max Causes Death
The Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan has said that in the investigation it has find that the syrup. After drinking which 18 children die, was manufacture by the Indian pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech Limited. Max (Doc-1 Max) was a cough syrup. According to the statement of the ministry, in a test done in the lab, the presence of contaminated ethylene glycol was found in the Indian cough syrup. Dak1-Max cough syrup is manufacture by Marion Biotech of Noida.
Death After Drinking Cough Syrup
Media reports regarding the deaths in Uzbekistan suggest that Dak1-Max cough syrup was consume without a prescription and in overdose by the affect children. Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that 21 children in Samdarkand who were suffering from acute respiratory disease had consume Dok-1 Max syrup manufactured by Noida’s Marion Biotech, possibly causing the death of 18 of them. has occur.
Uzbekistan Death : Doc-1 Max Syrup Manufacturer
Marion Biotech’s Doc-1 Max syrup is sell on the company’s website as a treatment for cold and flu symptoms. Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health said in a statement, ‘Investigation find that the die children consume this drug 3-4 times a day for 2-7 days before being admit to the hospital. Its quantity remained between 2.5-5 ML. Which is more than the standard dose of medicine for children. However, the statement did not directly allege any wrongdoing in the medicine.
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WHO Assurance to Uzbekistan Government
According to the newspaper, “The World Health Organization (WHO) is in contact with the health authorities in Uzbekistan. And stands ready to assist in further investigation following reports of children’s deaths in Uzbekistan.” However, Marion Biotech, the manufacturing company of Doctor-1 Max. And the Union Health Ministry have not said anything on this matter yet. Earlier this year, there were reports of the death of 70 children in Gambia.
