Now, Uzbekistan links 18 kids’ deaths to cough syrup from India

Uzbekistan Well being Ministry claimed that cough syrup manufactured by an Indian agency primarily based in Noida are liable for the deaths of 18 youngsters. “To this point, 18 out of 21 youngsters with acute respiratory illness have died because of taking Doc-1 Max syrup,” the Uzbekistan Well being Ministry stated in a launch.

Doc-1 Max syrup was manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech and imported into the nation by Quramax Medical LLC.

The Central Asian nation stated that the kids with acute respiratory illness died after ingesting the cough syrup.

” It was discovered that the deceased youngsters, earlier than admission to hospital remedy, took this drug at house for 2-7 days 3-4 occasions a day, 2.5-5 ml, which exceeds the usual dose of the drug for kids,” the discharge added

The Ministry of Well being of Uzbekistan stated that preliminary laboratory research have proven that this sequence of Doc-1 Max syrup contained ethylene glycol.

That is the second such incident that has come to gentle. Earlier, baby deaths in Gambia have been linked to allegedly contaminated cough syrup equipped by Indian drugmaker Maiden Pharma.