New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) The Delhi government has directed all government and private hospitals in the national capital to strictly adhere to the central government's advisory on the rational use of cough syrups in children in the wake of recent child deaths and hospitalisations allegedly linked to a contaminated cough syrup.

Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh told PTI that medical superintendents, directors and heads of departments of all hospitals have been asked to ensure compliance with the advisory issued by the Union Health Ministry earlier last week.

"The advisory aims to prevent the unnecessary use of cough syrups among children. All healthcare institutions, both government and private, must ensure these guidelines are implemented in letter and spirit," Singh said.

The Union

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