New Delhi: India has arrested 3 employees of a cough syrup manufacturing company.
According to the details, Indian authorities have arrested 3 employees of the Indian pharmaceutical company for the deaths of children in Uzbekistan due to drinking cough syrup.
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh State Drug Authority says that 26 out of 36 samples of the drug have been found to contain toxic substances, three employees have been arrested while the search for 2 directors is still ongoing.
According to the Indian Health Minister, the manufacturing process of the company has been stopped, and the license has also been suspended. It should be remembered that 70 children in Gambia and 19 in Uzbekistan have lost their lives due to drinking the medicine of the Indian company.
Indian authorities launched an investigation in December after officials in Uzbekistan said the children’s deaths were caused by cough syrup made by Marion Biotech, which is based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. was given
Child deaths: Two cough syrups banned
According to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health, laboratory tests of a batch of the syrup revealed the presence of ‘ethylene glycol’, a toxic substance.
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