Uppsala University of Sweden Professor Ashok Swain unveiled a criminal offence of Modi’s India on social media on Thursday. Using his personal account on Twitter, Prof Ashok Swain disclosed that 66 children have died in the Gambia after taking Indian cough syrup.
He described in his tweet that the deaths of children in the Gambia have been happening since July this year.
Prof Ashok Swain also said that following the deaths of dozens of children in the Gambia after taking Indian cough syrup, World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a red alert. The professor said that despite the issuance of the red alert from WHO, India is yet to take any action against the drug manufacturer.
Social media activists on Twitter took serious notice of the revelations and criticized the Indian government of Modi. A user of Twitter Bhavika Kapoor declared the act of the Indian government for not taking notice of kids’ death and termed it a tragic and criminal offence.
Another user of the twitter Keyser Soze, reacting on this also criticized a biased role of Indian media and said, “Wow, no indian media mentioned it”.
India is investigating the deaths of dozens of children in The Gambia that the World Health Organization (WHO) said may be linked to a cough syrup made in the South Asian nation, two people from India’s health ministry have told the Reuters news agency.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday told reporters the UN agency was investigating the deaths from acute kidney injuries with India’s drug regulator and New Delhi-based cough syrup manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals.
The agency informed the Drugs Controller General of India of the deaths late last month, after which the regulator launched an investigation with state authorities in tandem with the WHO probe, the people said.
Maiden Pharmaceuticals manufactured and exported the syrup only to the West African nation, the people said.
Calls from Reuters to a listed telephone number for Maiden Pharmaceuticals went unanswered, as did an emailed request for comment. Calls to the Drugs Controller General of India outside of office hours also went unanswered.
India’s government has asked the WHO to share its report linking the deaths with the cough syrup and says it will take “all required steps in the matter,” the officials said.
