The death toll of children has reached 17 after kidney failure from poisonous cuff syrup.
Another child died on Monday night after drinking poisonous cuff syrup. Dhani Dehria, one and a half year old daughter of Naveen Dehria, a resident of Chhindwara, succumbed during treatment in Nagpur. The girl’s kidney had failed completely. Nagpur Medical College Hospital on 26 September
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Naveen Dehria, who lives in Junapani village of Tamia block, says Dhani was also given a cold syrup. With this death, the figure of dead children in Chhindwara district has now reached 15 while the total number has increased to 17.
The government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the case. Drug inspectors of Jabalpur, Chhindwara, Balaghat and Mandla districts are included.
CM Dr. Mohan Yadav has removed Madhya Pradesh’s drug controller Dinesh Maurya. He has also instructed Shobhit Koshta, Deputy Director of Food and Drug Administration, Drug Inspector Gaurav Sharma of Chhindwara and Jabalpur Drug Inspector Sharad Jain. Dinesh Srivastava, director of Public Health and Family Welfare Department, has been given additional charge of food and drug controller.
Government accepted deaths due to chemical toxicity In the National Health Mission (NHM) meeting held on Monday in Bhopal, Principal Secretary Sandeep Yadav said that all aspects of the death of children in Chhindwara were thoroughly investigated. Children’s Renal Biopsy report found that the death occurred due to acute tubular necrosis, which indicates a chemical toxicity.
It was decided in the meeting that now the doctors will take additional precautions while writing any syrup to the children. At the same time, the government has also started a major action regarding the sale of medicines without registered pharmacists in the pharmacy. It was also decided in the meeting that the guidelines of the Center and the state should be strictly implemented, so that such tragedy does not happen in future.
Two more phlegm syrup came out to poisonous Meanwhile, two more cuff syrup Ri Life and Respifted TR have a high amount of dangerous chemical diathylene glycol. Both these syrups are made in Gujarat. This revelation has been revealed on Monday in the investigation report of Madhya Pradesh Food and Drug Administration. This is the same chemical that was found in Coldrif Kapha Syrup. According to officials, the process of immediate ban on both syrup has been started.
In fact, from 26 to 28 September 2025, a team of drug inspectors in Chhindwara district inspected medical stores and hospitals. During this time the team sent a total of 19 drug samples to government laboratories for examination. Now their report has come.
According to the guideline, the presence of a maximum of 0.1 percent of the Diathiline Glycol in phlegm syrup is acceptable but 4 syrup has not met the standard in the investigation. There is a risk of conditions such as kidney failure and brain damage from these syrup.
Both these syrup are made in Gujarat
- Cuff Syrup Ri Life-MFG-M/S Shape Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
- Respift TR-MFG-M/S Rednonex Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.
First of all, they were banned After the deaths of children, Coldrif Batch Number SR-13 and Nextro-DS (Nextro-DS) batch number AQD-2559 Kapha Syrup was banned. The Department of Public Health and Medical Education, the batch no. Instructed to recall from the market on 11198.
The Madhya Pradesh government has instructed to take special precautions about the use of chemicals like chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine HCL.
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Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav reached Parasia on Monday. Here he met the family of children who lost their lives due to kidney failure. He removed Madhya Pradesh’s drug controller Dinesh Maurya. At the same time, the Deputy Director of Food and Drug Administration Shobhit Kosta, Drug Inspector Gaurav Sharma of Chhindwara and Jabalpur Drug Inspector Sharad Jain have been instructed to suspend. Read full news …
