Nine children have died due to kidney failure in the last two weeks in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. Initially these cases were being considered as seasonal fever, but after a similar case came to light in Rajasthan, now health officials suspect that these cases of organ failure are related to the consumption of contaminated phlegm syrup.
Parasia’s subdivisional magistrate Shubham Yadav has confirmed nine deaths and said that precautionary steps are being taken. Six deaths were recorded till 1 October.
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Following these tragic incidents, some batches of dextromethorphon hydrobromide syrup were immediately investigated and their distribution has been banned across the state.
Currently, the list of 1,420 children with symptoms like cold, fever and flu is being closely monitored. This protocol has been decided that any child who has been ill for more than two days will be kept under monitoring six hours in the civil hospital. He will be referred to the district hospital when the condition worsened.
At least five of the dead nine children have been revealed to take ‘ColdRef’ and one to take ‘Nextro Syrup’.
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Private doctors have also been instructed not to treat viral patients privately, but should send them directly to the civil hospital. Officials have confirmed that the water and mosquito-related testing on the victims were normal, and a sample sent to the National Institute of Virus Sciences was also found to be normal. The report of water samples sent by CSIR for testing is awaited.
The Nodal Agency of the Central Government, National Disease Control Center (NCDC), for the disease monitoring, has collected samples from hospitals and other places in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to reject the possibility of any infectious disease.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation (RMSCL) has banned the sale and use of 19 batch of syrup. Officials said that after the results of the test, they will be shared with the drug officials of the state.