Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Nephrologists and paediatricians in the city say that no known case of adulterated cough syrup causing kidney failure in children has been reported in Bhopal in the recent past.

They say that the Chhindwara tragedy is the outcome of the failure of the government’s drug regulatory system. The Coldrif cough syrup killed children not because of its contents, but because it was adulterated. Also, they advise, taking medications for cough, cold and other small problems should be avoided - both in the case of children as well as the adults.

Dr Rakesh Bhargava, a paediatrician says that he doesn’t remember any such patient coming to him. “There is no problem with the chemical formulation of the cough syrup that was prescribed. It is an old and time-tested formula, whic

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