Centre asks states to ramp up surveillance as 14 children die on consuming adulterated cough syrup

Chairing a high-level meeting, the Union Health Secretary, has asked states to ensure enhanced surveillance, reporting under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) and undertake joint action in the context of outbreak response and unusual health events.

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Cough syrup not faulty, pharma firm's 19 drugs banned as precaution: Rajasthan health minister

"We got the medicine checked twice. First our drug controller tested it and then the RMSCL (Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation Limited) tested it. Both test reports did not find it faulty," the minister claimed at a press conference at the Circuit House in Jodhpur.

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Uttarakhand launches statewide crackdown on banned cough syrups following CM Dhami's orders

Under the instructions of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Health Minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat, joint teams from the Health Department and the FDA are conducting intensive raids on medical shops, wholesalers, and hospital pharmacies in all districts.

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Regulator finds toxic contaminant in cough syrup linked with deaths in MP

While the Union Health Ministry had earlier stated in a press note that samples of the syrup tested by CDSCO and the MP state drug regulator were “found to be free of DEG/EG” contaminants, samples tested by the Tamil Nadu FDA were found to contain DEG “beyond the permissible limit.”

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Global study projects 51 lakh in India could be at risk of chikungunya every year in long-term

The study, led by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, suggests chronic health impacts will be the biggest concern, with existing evidence suggesting around 50 per cent of the affected possibly grappling with a long-term disability.

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Health experts double down on minimal meat-eating call

A healthy diet is "predominantly plant-based, with moderate inclusion of animal-sourced foods and minimal consumption of added sugars, saturated fats and salt", according to the authors of a report published in medical journal The Lancet.

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Sikar doc, pharmacist suspended; new guidelines for syrup issued

The department's director of public health, Dr Ravi Prakash Sharma, said action has been taken to suspend Dr Palak and pharmacist Pappu Soni for prescribing the syrup to a child at Hathideh PHC in Ajitgarh block of Sikar.

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