Cough syrup deaths: India has declared three cough syrups toxic after at least 22 children died of kidney failure due to their consumption over the past month.

These children from Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh died due to suspected kidney failure, which is linked to the consumption of 'toxic' Coldrif cough syrup , as per officials.

Here are the details of the cough syrups that have been declared toxic.

Coldrif

Coldrif has been linked to the deaths of all 22 kids in Chhindwara. They died of kidney failure, mostly in a government hospital in another state. All the bottles were manufactured by Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer, based in Tamil Nadu.

The licence of the company has now been revoked, and the owner has been arrested for the cough syrup deaths . Also Read | Cough syr

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