- Nilkesh Dhurvey, father of two-year-old Nihal, who died on Oct 1 in MP’s
Betul district , rummaged by means of an enormous pile of rubbish, in search of a prescription of medicines for Nihal. - Kailash Yadav, additionally from Betul, travelled almost 100 km to Parasia in neighbouring
Chhindwara district on Monday, clutching his lifeless son, four-year-old Kabir’s photograph in hand, to satisfy CM Mohan Yadav. Kabir died on Sept 9.
BHOPAL: Torn by pangs of shedding their sons, Nilkesh and Kailash had been decided to make a degree – that Coldrif, the cough syrup which supposedly led to deaths of 17 youngsters in MP’s Chhindwara district over greater than a month might have been the trigger for the deaths of their sons too as they had been prescribed the identical syrup, one thing Betul district administration officers usually are not prepared to just accept. They had been even handled by the identical physician, Dr Praveen Soni, who was arrested on Sunday and charged with “negligence inflicting demise.”Kabir and Nihal’s names don’t determine within the checklist of 17 deaths linked to the poisonous medication to date.Nihal’s demise, on Oct 1 in Jamunbicchiya village of Betul’s Amla block, had left his household devastated. He first fell sick on Sept 16, and was taken to Parasia block in neighbouring Chhindwara on Sept 18 the place he was handled by Dr Soni who prescribed Coldrif. Quickly, his situation deteriorated and he was rushed to AIIMS-Bhopal, the place he died. “We dwell in a small home. The prescription acquired misplaced and thrown away with rubbish,” stated Nilkesh, a labourer.“We searched in a pile of rubbish for hours and at last discovered it. We then handed it over to state well being officers on Oct 6. Nihal was my solely baby. I do not need any compensation. I solely need these responsible to be punished in order that no different dad or mum suffers like us,” stated Nilkesh, including that officers informed him his household could be thought of for compensation if the case is verified to be linked to the identical batch of syrup.Kailash Yadav’s son Kabir fell sick on Aug 24 and died on Sept 9, after days of shuttling between hospitals in Parasia, Nagpur and at last Bhopal.Kailash rushed 100 km to Parasia in Chhindwara on Monday the place CM Mohan Yadav had reached to satisfy the bereaved households. “I used to be requested to go to the tehsil workplace. There I discovered that my son’s title was nonetheless not added to the checklist of those that died supposedly as a result of consumption of Coldrif or some other spurious cough syrup. I in some way managed to succeed in as much as the CM, who requested me to satisfy the collector. As Tuesday was a vacation, I will meet him on Wednesday,” Kailash informed TOI.Nevertheless, the 2 grieving fathers stated the struggle is not nearly what killed their sons — “it is about guaranteeing their deaths aren’t erased from the tragedy’s file.”







