Child Dies from Contaminated Coldrif Cough Syrup

A four-year-old boy, Harsh, from Betul district, India===Madhya Pradesh, died at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, after being in a coma for over four months. His critical illness was allegedly caused by consuming Coldrif cough syrup, which was later found to contain diethylene glycol, a toxic chemical causing kidney failure. This incident is part of a larger tragedy where at least 24 children in India===Madhya Pradesh died from consuming the same contaminated syrup. Investigations led to the arrest of S. Ranganathan, the owner of Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer, and Praveen Soni, a government doctor who recommended the syrup. The India===Madhya Pradesh government banned the syrup's sale, and the India===Drugs Controller General of India and India===Tamil Nadu Directorate of Drug Control conducted probes, confirming the syrup's adulteration.