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A total of 69 children lost their lives from kidney injury linked to contaminated India-made cough syrups, Gambia’s Health Minister Ahmadou Lamin Samateh told journalists in Banjul Saturday.
"As a member of the civil society, we are appalled. We expect more from our Government. This is something that could have been prevented and they have failed all of us. And the fact that this pharmaceutical company wasn t mentioned, nobody engaged them.. Nancy Jallow, Gambian activist