They should also immediately notify WHO if substandard products are discovered, and inform the public of the dangers and toxic effects of the medicines concerned. 🌎 Cough Syrup-Linked Children Deaths: WHO Asks Countries to Crack Down on Substandard Medical Products After Over 300 Casualties.
Indian authorities said on Thursday (December 29) that they have probed a pharmaceutical facility that made a cough syrup allegedly linked to the deaths of 19 children in Uzbekistan. The authorities have vowed to further action based on the preliminary reports. Uzbekistan's health ministry earlier claimed in a statement that the children who died had consumed cough syrup Doc-1 Max, which is manufactured by Marion Biotech an Indian drugmaker. The statement mentioned that the laboratory tests found "the presence of ethylene glycol", a toxic chemical compound.
The Health Ministry of Uzbekistan claimed that 18 children died after allegedly consuming cough syrup, Doc-1 Max , manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech.