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Cough Syrup Deaths: NHRC Issues Notices To 3 States, Union Health Ministry And Others

NHRC directed the Union health ministry, DCGI, CDSCO and Directorate General of Health Services to collect the samples of spurious drugs and submit test reports.

New Delhi: The NHRC on Monday issued notices to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh governments, directing them to probe allegations of children's deaths due to contaminated cough syrup and immediately ban the sale of spurious medicines.

It has also directed the Union health ministry, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to order an investigation into the supply of spurious drugs and inst

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