Cough syrup crisis: 20 child deaths trigger bans and probes but who's responsible?

Weeks after a string of unexplained child deaths in Madhya Pradesh left healthcare workers in jitters, the toll has now climbed further. 20 children have died in just a month after consuming the cough syrup Coldrif , which has tested positive for Diethylene Glycol (DEG), a highly toxic industrial chemical known to cause kidney failure. The first deaths were reported in September, and within just weeks, the toll surged, with four more fatalities in the past 24 hours.

The Madhya Pradesh Police arrested Dr Praveen Soni in connection with 16 of the deaths allegedly linked to the contaminated syrup. However, the Indian Medical Association has strongly condemned the arrest of Dr Soni, a pediatrician posted at a government hospital in Parasia who also runs a private clinic, questioning why