Overview

• The boy, identified as Nitish from Khori Brahmanan village in Sikar, deteriorated after a syrup dispensed at Chirana CHC and was declared dead, and his family declined a post-mortem.
• A three-year-old in Bharatpur, Gagan, was moved to JK Lone Hospital in Jaipur and placed on a ventilator after taking the same brand, with additional pediatric illnesses reported.
• Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation halted the implicated batch, barred 19 other batches from the same supplier, seized statutory samples, and sent them to the State Drug Testing Laboratory as an inquiry advances.
• Reported reactions in Bharatpur and Sikar include vomiting, drowsiness, nervousness, dizziness, restlessness, and loss of consciousness.
• In Bharatpur, a community health centre in-charge and two ambulance drivers who sampled the syrup later fell ill and were hospitalised, and officials say the cause will be determined after test results.