No confirmation yet if India-made cough syrup killed 70 kids: Gambia govt
India TodayGambia has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury, news agency Reuters reported, quoting a representative of the country's Medicines Control Agency. The WHO in October issued a medical product alert for four contaminated medicines identified in Gambia that had been linked with acute kidney injuries and 70 deaths among children. The Haryana state drug officials later found glaring lapses during the inspection of the manufacturing facility of Maiden Pharma, the firm whose cough syrup was linked to the Gambian kids’ deaths. On Monday, Tijan Jallow, an official at Gambia's Medicines Control Agency, the drugs regulator of the country, said that the exact cause of the deaths had not been pinpointed yet.