Dr Praveen Soni, the senior paediatrician from Madhya Pradesh, defended his treatment of children suffering from viral fevers amid the monsoon surge, hours before his arrest in connection with 16 deaths allegedly linked to contaminated Coldrif cough syrup.

Speaking to India Today TV , Dr Soni said that he had prescribed the syrup to children over several days as part of their primary care. "This syrup is not a one-day treatment. I have been prescribing medicines from this company for over ten years . It's wrong to suggest that a primary doctor decides on the formulation. We receive ready-to-use, sealed medicines," he said.

Dr Soni, a paediatrician posted at a government hospital in Parasia and running a private clinic, added that prescriptions often included combinations from multi

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