Multiple drug control officers from Delhi and Chennai investigated the manufacturing unit of a Pharmaceutical Factory in Tamil Nadu's Sunguvarchatram, where atleast nine children died from consuming allegedly spurious cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh.

The probe was initiated after Madhya Pradesh State Food and Drug Controller Dinesh Kumar Maurya requested the Tamil Nadu State Drug Control Department to inspect and take action against the Srisan Pharmaceutical Factory located in Kancheepuram.

Meanwhile, Dr Pawan Nandurkar, Associate Professor and Head of Paediatrics in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, said that the death toll of children has risen to nine. While doctors have said that the kidney problems and deaths of children could be linked to consuming the cough syrup Coldrif, the pr

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