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Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by pharma firm

(This Oct. 11 story has been corrected to remove incorrect reference to pharmaceutical company based in United States in the first paragraph, and Atlanta in 4th & 5th paragraphs)

BANJUL (Reuters) - The deaths of 69 children from acute kidney injury in Gambia is linked to four cough syrups made in India and imported into the West African country via a pharmaceutical company, the Gambian police said in a preliminary investigation report on Tuesday.

World Health Organization (WHO) investigators had already found "unacceptable" levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, which can be toxic, in four products made by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

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