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Independent AfricaGambian parliament will debate the cough syrup scandal

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Gambian parliament will debate the cough syrup scandal

The Gambian parliament will hold an extraordinary session on Wednesday to discuss the deaths of nearly 70 children linked to cough syrups made in India.

The children were found to have severe kidney problems.

The session in parliament on Wednesday will be the country’s first since the tragedy earlier this month.

Gambian health authorities said there were no more new cases, but there are 82 existing cases and 12 recoveries.

Most of the existing cases involve children aged one and two years.

Civil society organisations in the country are mounting pressure on the authorities to take action against those responsible for importing the drugs.

Health officials and the Red Cross have started a second phase of recalling the cough syrups.

Police investigations have established that the Medicine Control Agency was established without a laboratory to test the safety of the drugs.

President Adama Barrow has set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the deaths.

 

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