By Admin 
After the horrific incident of the death of children due to adulterated phlegm syrup in Parasia area of Chhindwara district of MP, the pain of family members is now deepening further. Those who pledged jewelry to save their children, sold and borrowed autos and today the same families are in debt. So far 14 children have died in this tragedy, while many are still fighting the war with life in hospitals.
Families lost everything in the struggle to save children
Yasin Khan of Parasia is broken after the death of his four -year -old son Used. After mild fever and cough, when the local doctor advised to give ‘Coldrif Cuff Syrup’, he did not even know that the same syrup would prove to be poison. When the son’s condition deteriorated, he first admitted to Chhindwara and then Nagpur Hospital. Khan sold his auto-rickshaw for treatment, while his wife pledged the wedding ornaments. The sad thing is that even after a million attempts, Usad could not be saved, and in the meantime his small house also collapsed.
Dual crisis broken on poor families
This story is not only about Khan. Parasia’s laborer Vikas Yadav and his wife Kunti also lost their younger son after drinking the same poisonous syrup. According to PTI, Yadav said, “We borrowed about five lakh rupees from relatives and villagers for treatment. Now there is neither son, nor any means to repay debt.” Most of the aggrieved families are daily wage laborers, whose income is limited and on which the mountain of both debt and pain is broken.
Government’s help and political rhetoric
The Madhya Pradesh government has announced a grace of four lakh rupees to each victim’s family. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav went to Chhindwara and met the affected families and said that medicines in the factory in Tamil Nadu have been banned from where poisonous syrup came. He also asked to include the Center and the Tamil Nadu government in the investigation. At the same time, Congress state president Jeetu Patwari accused the government of administrative negligence and demanded the resignation of the Health Minister.
Investigation intensifies, preparations to tighten the screws on the culprits
So far, 14 children have died due to kidney failure- out of which 11 are from Parasia, two Chhindwara city and one Chaurai tehsil. Eight children are admitted in various hospitals in Nagpur. The police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the case and registered a case against the company in Tamil Nadu. The state government has promised that the culprits will not be spared under any circumstances, but this tragedy has become a life of lifetime for the houses where the innocent laughter is now silent forever.