Unpacking grief: Sushanth reacting while speaking next to a framed photo of his daughter, Yojita, in Parasia. (Below) A bottle of Coldrif cough syrup and a prescription which the mother, Reema Yaduvanshi, 26, received from doctor Praveen Soni for her six-month-old son, Kartik. — Reuters
THE nation has refused drugmakers’ requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally produced cough syrup.
New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organisation-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to prevent cross-contamination and enable batch-testing of samples, among other measures.
