Death toll due to Coldrif cough syrup rises to 19 in Madhya Pradesh

Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 8 (HBTV): The death toll in the Chhindwara cough syrup case rose to 16 after a fresh casualty was reported on Tuesday afternoon, a senior district official said. With this, the total number of deaths due to the alleged consumption of Coldrif cough syrup has reached 19 across the state, with two fatalities reported in Betul district and one in Pandhurna district.

A two-year-old girl from Junnardeo in Chhindwara died while undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College in Nagpur, where she had been admitted for over a week, the official added.

‘So far, 16 children have died in the cough syrup case in Chhindwara. One more girl child (two years old) died this afternoon at around 12:30 pm, bringing the total death toll to 16. The girl had been under treatment at Government Medical College, Nagpur, for more than seven days. Currently, five children are undergoing treatment at GMC Nagpur, and all of them are critical,’ said Dhirendra Singh, Additional District Magistrate (ADM).

The ADM further stated that a team consisting of three doctors and three executive magistrates from Chhindwara is stationed in Nagpur, monitoring the treatment of the affected children and maintaining constant contact with hospital authorities.

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said that the state government would bear the full cost of treatment for the children undergoing care in Nagpur due to kidney infections caused by the cough syrup. He added that a joint team of executive magistrates and doctors had been deployed in Nagpur to oversee medical arrangements and ensure continuous monitoring.

‘Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has directed that the state government would bear the entire cost of treatment for nine children suffering from kidney infections caused by cough syrup, who are being treated in various hospitals in Nagpur. A joint team of executive magistrates and doctors has been deployed in Nagpur to ensure proper medical arrangements and continuous monitoring of the affected children,’ the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) posted on X.

The CMO added that the team is maintaining constant coordination with the families of the affected children and hospital management to ensure that all necessary arrangements are in place for their treatment.

(ANI)