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Reuters
Reuters
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By Pap Saine and Edward McAllister

Gambia hires US law firm to consider action on toxic Indian cough syrup, minister says

FILE PHOTO: Ebrima Sagnia holds up a sign during a news conference, calling for justice for the deaths of children linked to contaminated cough syrups, in Serekunda, Gambia, November 4, 2022. Sagnia's 3-year-old son Lamin died of Acute Kidney Injury in September 2022. Reuters, Edward McAllister/File Photo

Gambia has hired a U.S. law firm to explore legal action after a government-backed investigation found that contaminated medicines from India were "very likely" to have caused the deaths of children last year, the justice minister told Reuters.

At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died from acute kidney injury between June and October.

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