The ministry said 18 out of 21 children who took the Doc-1 Max syrup while suffering from an acute respiratory disease died after consuming it. The cough syrup manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd.
The Uzbekistan government has alleged that 18 children have died in the central Asian nation following the consumption of a cough syrup produced by an Indian pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that the Indian Health Ministry is in contact with their Uzbeki counterparts and India is extending consular assistance to concerned individuals .
The press statement from the Uzbekistan Health Ministry identifies two factors behind the tragedy excess doses of the medicine in kids who don't require the drug and contamination of ethylene glycol one of the two toxic chemicals found in the Gambian case.