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Doctor Arrested, States Ban Coldrif as Tests Find 48.6% Diethylene Glycol

An emergency meeting has been called by the Union Health Ministry to steer inspections and trace the contaminated batch.

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A total of 11 children have also died in Madhya Pradesh's Chindwara district due to the consumption of the Coldrif cough syrup.
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Overview

  • Madhya Pradesh police arrested paediatrician Praveen Soni and filed an FIR against Sresan Pharmaceuticals after 11 child deaths linked to Coldrif in Chhindwara.
  • A Tamil Nadu drug lab found 48.6% diethylene glycol in Coldrif batch SR-13 (May 2025–Apr 2027), while an MP lab reported 46.28%, with both declaring the samples adulterated.
  • Madhya Pradesh banned Coldrif and seized stocks, extended curbs to the company’s other products, and Tamil Nadu and Kerala halted sales, as Telangana issued a public alert.
  • The Health Ministry scheduled a crisis meeting today and CDSCO began risk-based inspections across six states alongside a multi-agency probe of drug and patient samples.
  • MP announced Rs 4 lakh to each bereaved family as clinicians documented acute kidney injury consistent with DEG poisoning, with several children still under treatment.