Death toll due to Coldrif cough syrup rises to 20 in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Rajendra Shukla on Wednesday said that 20 children died so far due to consumption of Coldrif cough syrup in the state while five were undergoing treatmentOf these 20 children 17 are from Chhindwara district two from Betul district and one is from Pandhurna district20 children have lost their lives in the unfortunate incident from Chhindwara Betul and Pandhurna districts The state government is quite strict The police teams from Chhindwara have reached Chennai and Kanchipuram to arrest the owner of Coldrif manufacturing company and strict action is being taken into the matter Shukla told reportersThe Deputy CM further said that he requested the doctors not go on a strike keep continuing their work and to follow the advisory of the Indian government and ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research not to prescribe any cough syrup to children less than four years oldNotably a group of doctors and representatives of Indian Medical Association IMA held a protest in Chhindwara district on Tuesday demanding the release of a government doctor Praveen Soni who was recently sent to jail in relation to the death of children due to alleged consumption of cough syrup in the districtDr Soni is a government paediatrician at Civil Hospital Parasia in Chhindwara who was recently suspended and later faced legal action resulting in being sent on 14days judicial custody on MondayThe IMA representative also warned that if their demands were not met then the doctors would go on indefinite strike from todayAdditionally Dy CM spoke about meeting the children undergoing treatment in Nagpur stating all possible efforts are being made to save the lives of the childrenI met five children who are undergoing treatment in Nagpur two at Government Medical college two at AIIMS and one in a private hospital and their families The management and doctors are making all efforts to save the lives of children undergoing treatment Shukla addedEarlier on Tuesday the Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said that the state government would cover the entire expense of the children undergoing treatment in Nagpur affected by kidney infection caused by cough syrup and a joint team of executive magistrate and doctors were also deployed in Nagpur for health monitoringChief 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 CMO posted on XThe team is maintaining constant coordination with the families of the affected children and hospital management to ensure all necessary arrangements for the childrens treatment the CMO added in the postThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever