Telangana issues public alert for two more cough syrups

Tainted syrups trigger nationwide alarm as toll rises to 20

- BY STEPHEN N.R.

The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) yesterday issued a ‘stop-use’ public alert for two more cough syrups — Relife and Respifresh TR — after laboratory tests found them adulterated with Diethylene Glycol (DEG), a toxic chemical linked to child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

This is the second alert in less than a week, following an earlier order to halt the sale of Coldrif syrup, which has now been linked to at least 20 child deaths in Madhya Pradesh.