Cough syrup-linked deaths: Toll rises to 22 as two more children succumb
CHHINDWARA (MP), Oct 9 (PTI): Two more children from Madhya Pradesh have succumbed to kidney infections caused by the consumption of a “contaminated” cough syrup, taking the death toll to 22, an official said on Thursday.
Five-year-old Vishal died on Wednesday evening and Mayank Suryavanshi, aged 4, succumbed late at night while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra, Chhindwara’s Additional Collector Dhirendra Singh Netri said.
