Gambia's govt. Talking about toxic cough syrup, 66 children's death in Gambia. India's govt says not for sold??
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ( WHO) , which is also investigated in Gambia through the case toxic chemicals (diethylene glycol present in very large amount) present in cough syrup. On Wednesday WHO according; could be linked to contaminated cough syrup and they said that produced by Indian drug maker.
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| This Toxic cough syrup caused kidney injuries and 66 children deaths in the past 3 months due to Indian Cough Syrup, saying Gambia. |
Gambia's president, Adama Barrow on Friday said to acute kidney injuries likely linked to a paracetamol syrup that killed many children in past months and that situations was under control , with two diagnosis in the last two weeks.
Gambia Authorities launched a probe within last month after doctors noticed in July that children developed number of present symptoms then in Gambia locally used to sold paracetamol syrup to treatment fever.
Kidney injuries caused by 66 children deaths in the past three months. And in these situations President said to control and proper investigation on inside the company (Maiden Pharmaceutical Ltd.) and Indian drug maker investigation also.
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| In Gambia (west Africa) critical situation on children number of increased day by day but now in control. |
Haryana state Drug Controller authorities are clear. Why didn't office take recognition and investigate for Quality control department violations ? He only said, he have to check all records and report with monitoring. But Haryana state Drug controller Manmohan Taneja don't provide a definite answer to drug committee.
He said also, " our entire focus is currently on the outside investigation " of the four cough syrup. " We will look the track record of our investigation proceed".
According to Haryana state drug controller Taneja, our team expert from Central Drug Standards Control Organization (CDSCO) - India's nody body for Drug Standards - had collected additional samples of the syrup for the implicated batch for further test on Oct 3. " The results should come within 10 days."
For every batch marketed, the manufacturing is required to retain to certain number of control sample from the same batch of future investigation.
He told and understand to explain own words polypropylene glycol is added to the cough syrup to make them soluble. Due the cough syrup is manufacturing that time is added also diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol, which are contaminated because they have extremely toxic effects on the human body.
So. CDSCO has taken some samples of polypropylene glycol for test as well.
And within 10 days may be come results of the toxic chemicals. And a team when made a drug, may be entire plants and batch will destroyed.
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