JAMMU, Oct. 7 -- Expressing his grave concern over the recent deaths of about 15 children mostly under five in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan reportedly after consuming contaminated cough syrup, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Co-Convenor, Health Cell, J&K BJP, Dr. Varinder Sharma has said that many chemists in Jammu and Kashmir are continuing to sell medicines without any proper prescriptions issued from doctors be it in private sector of government run hospitals. This practice, he said must immediately be ceased for the safety of patients especially children.
Jammu and Kashmir, he said had already witnessed deaths of about 12 children in 2020 in Ramnagar area of district Udhampur when they were administered cough syrups.
The children had die...