Amaravati, March 12 (IANS) The death toll due to milk adulteration in Andhra Pradesh’s Rajahmundry city rose to 13 as another person succumbed to acute renal failure at a hospital, officials said on Thursday.Bandaru Veeralaxmi (60) died while undergoing treatment at a hospital, taking the death toll to 13.A resident of the Swaroopnagar area in the city was admitted to the hospital with acute renal failure on February 16 after she reportedly consumed adulterated milk.Seven people, including thr…
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Amaravati, March 8 (IANS) The death toll due to acute renal failure caused by milk adulteration in Andhra Pradesh’s Rajahmundry city reached 12 on Sunday as a 73-year-old woman died while undergoing medical treatment at a private hospitalSenapathi Ramalaxmi, a resident of Laalacheruvu area in the city, was admitted to the hospital with acute renal failure on February 16 after she reportedly consumed adulterated milk.Nine people, including three infants, are still battling for life with acute r…
Amaravati, Feb 24 (IANS) The condition of seven persons undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Andhra Pradesh’s Rajahmundry after consuming adulterated milk is critical, a top official said on Tuesday.State Health and Family Welfare Department Commissioner Veerapandian said that 15 people are undergoing treatment in various hospitals, of whom three are on ventilators, two on dialysis and three more on ventilator-dialysis.Among those undergoing treatment, there are two children, including a…
Patna, Jan 20 (IANS) A pharmaceutical company located in the Hajipur industrial area of Vaishali district in Bihar has been shut down following the detection of toxic substances in a children’s cough syrup manufactured at the unit. The company’s cough syrup had earlier been banned in Telangana and Himachal Pradesh, and its factory gates have now been locked.Health department sources indicated that further action against the company is likely in the coming days.According to officials, a sampl…
Chennai, Jan 18 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has banned the manufacture, sale, distribution and consumption of the cough syrup ‘Almond Kit’ after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the highly toxic chemical ethylene glycol, the state’s drug control body said in a press release. According to officials, the syrup, which is manufactured in Bihar, was found to be contaminated with ethylene glycol, a substance known to cause severe and sometimes fatal health complications.The Tamil Nadu D…