Infant Dies After Receiving Herbal Cough Syrup in Madhya Pradesh: Another Tragedy Amid Ongoing Medication Crisis

Oct 31, 2025 01:27 am CST

A five-month-old girl died in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district after being given medications including herbal cough syrup from a local medical store. This tragedy occurs as the region already grapples with 20 recent child deaths linked to contaminated cough syrup. With no doctor available at the government facility, the desperate parents sought help from a pharmacy, highlighting critical healthcare gaps and raising urgent calls for stricter pharmaceutical regulations.