The Families of 70 Gambian children who allegedly contracted acute kidney damage (AKI) after ingesting Indian-made cough syrups have turned down the country’s promise to pay them compensation.
The World Health Organization issued a global alert in October 2022 on four types of cough syrup, stating that they may be associated with severe renal injury.
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This came after reports tying the medications to severe kidney issues in Gambia youngsters.
The families were given a $20,000 split-up offer by the Gambian Ministry of Gender, but they declined it.
Ebrima Sanyang, the chairman of the grieving families, reportedly stated the money was “an insult to the victims” in a BBC story on Monday, November 7.
Accepting the money, according to Sanyang, would imply that they were giving up their battle for justice.
They argued that the state’s Medicine Control Agency ought to be excluded from the president’s current enquiry.
The families request that the Agency retract its initial assertion that the children had perished in flood waters rather than from improper medication.
