NAGPUR: At least 14 more children from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district who had been administered the now-banned cough syrup Coldrif are battling for life in government and private hospitals in Nagpur after suffering renal failure. Lab reports confirmed the six children who died at GMCH-Nagpur had suffered renal failure due to diethylene glycol (DEG) toxicity. Syrup samples were found to be contaminated with 48.6% DEG, a toxic substance used as antifreeze and in brake fluids. Initially, these deaths were assumed to be cases of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), but zero urine output in patients with a history of cough and fever raised alarm among govt doctors. Nagpur municipal corporation is set to issue guidelines to all medical practitioners, advising them not to prescribe cough

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