WHO issues medical alert after child deaths linked to contaminated Indian cough syrups
Days after the deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrups, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised a medical alert regarding three syrups found to contain higher than permissible levels of diethylene glycol (DEG). The alert comes after WHO sought clarification from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), India’s…