India said, WHO reached the conclusion in haste: Cough syrup made in India was said to be fatal; The government bid – the quality was right

The picture is of a health center in The Gambia. After the death of 66 children here, the WHO had issued an alert regarding cough syrup made in India. (file photo)

The government has responded to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the matter of calling cough syrup made in India fatal. The drug controller wrote a letter to WHO, saying in it – You showed haste in linking the deaths in Gambia with cough syrup made in India.

The drug controller said – We had sent the 4 cough syrups mentioned in Madden Pharmaceuticals to the government laboratory for examination. The quality of all the four products was up to the standards. We take the monitoring of medicines and cosmetics very seriously. We take care that the products manufactured by us are of high quality.

The death of 66 children in Gambia was linked by WHO to cough syrup made in India. An alert was also issued for 4 such cough syrups. The WHO had said that the condition of the kidneys had deteriorated due to the condition of the children. It is quite possible that the children died due to the use of these syrups.

The drug controller wrote a letter to WHO, saying in it – You showed haste in linking the deaths in Gambia with cough syrup made in India.

WHO had issued an alert on the syrup made in India.
The World Health Organization (WHO) had issued an alert on 5 October regarding 4 cough-syrups made by an Indian pharmaceutical company. WHO had said that these products do not meet the standards. They are not safe, especially in children. Their use can cause serious problems or even death.

WHO had further said in the report that there is such a quantity of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol in the cough-syrup that the reasons can be fatal for humans. In fact, due to these compounds, 33 lives including children have been lost in India, but these compounds were not banned.

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All four cough syrups are not sold in India. The company only exports them.

WHO has issued a medical product alert. This is very serious not only for countries like Gambia, but also for India. If the matter is related to children, then the meaning of the alert becomes more widespread. There are many questions.. For example WHO’s detail report, the Indian company where it was produced, are these syrups being sold in India as well, are they really dangerous?

Government gives clean chit to Medan Pharma
In the case of the death of 66 children in Gambia, the government has given a clean chit to the company. The central government said that Medan Pharma’s syrup is of standard quality. No adulteration was found in it. The government has given this information in the Rajya Sabha. Read full news…

Gambia said – the details of the death are not yet clear
Tejan Zalo, representative of the Gambia Medicine Control Agency, told a press conference on 31 October, ‘It is not yet confirmed that the children’s kidneys were damaged by the Indian cough syrup. We are trying to ascertain the exact reason behind the death of the children. So far it is known that children died due to cough medicine.

This picture is of the Health Center of Gambia. A representative of the Gambia Medicines Control Agency said that so far it is known that the children died from cough syrup.

The cough syrup compound that killed 66 children in Gambia, has also killed 33 in India.
The pharmaceutical use of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol compounds is banned in the US, Australia and Europe. But in India too, two times due to these chemical compounds, tragedies have come.

1986: 21 patients died in Mumbai
In 1986, glycerin was given to several patients during treatment in a hospital in Mumbai. After this, 21 patients died due to kidney failure. Investigation found that diethylene glycol was mixed in the glycerin given to him.

2020: 12 children died of cough syrup in Jammu and Kashmir
In 2020, Chandigarh PGI doctors complained to the Central Drug Authority CDSCO about a cough syrup COLDBEST. 12 children of Udhamnagar in Jammu and Kashmir died after using this cough syrup. Diethylene glycol was also mixed in this cough syrup.