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Nigerian death toll from contaminated baby medicine rises

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The death toll from a contaminated baby medicine sold in Nigeria has risen from 34 – recorded in early December – to 84, the health ministry has said.

There have been 111 reported cases of children who have fallen ill after being given teething syrup “My Pikin”.

The poisonous syrup was discovered last November when babies began dying of organ failure across the country.

Authorities have called on private pharmacies to turn over stocks of the paracetamol-based syrup to regulators.

The Nigerian-made mixture was found to contain engine coolant.

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) shut down the Lagos-based manufacturer and the main supplier of the medicine last year.

Nafdac has also appealed to parents to not treat their children with any type of teething syrup until it can find all the remaining stocks.

The dead children are aged between two and seven, Health Minister Babatunde Osotimehin said.

“Government will leave no stone unturned to find answers to the many questions being asked by Nigerians and also ensure that such unfortunate incidents do not occur again,” he said.

The name My Pikin means my baby in Nigerian pidgin.
[ZNBC]

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93 COMMENTS

  6. I hope ba Zambia you have not imported any of it! [-x[-x[-x[-x[-x

    Knowing that there are Nigerians everywhere, it wouldn’t surprise me!!

  7. Nonmba bakulalila shani abantu? ” This pikin (baby) has killed my pikin (baby)!!”.
    Nigerians are dissapointing. Tulachula pa Zed. We dont feed our children engine coolant, we just give them hand grenades!!! 😮

  12. Watch nigerians very well back home.These guys can do anything to earn money.Thats why they have been banned in The EU.

  13. Nigeria is a very good example of how selfishness and greediness can do to a very rich country. That country should have been competing with the united Arab emirates [-(

  26. We were jumping when Access Bank come to Zambia. That we have investors from within Africa. If there fellow business men can do that back what can stop me thinking that these Chaps will run away with depositors money? It is a well know fact that these guys will do so much to enrich themselves. Shame

  31. I hope they do not use babies for drug trafficking! 😕

    kabili kuti wasenda n a m a f i yaba Baby nga b a n ya !! So pa Airport ni Zeee |-)

  34. Mwandi Relax- naine I donno what colours these are. But I won’t say where I am- all I’ll say is that LT is confused giving me this flag. (But since it serves my purposes of anonymity…>:) )

  35. Starved for a number of days, the gentlemen stranded on an island came across a crocodile. One of the gentlemen lept forward to pursue the animal which he saw as potential food? Given the right circumstances, a human can clobber a fullgrown crocodile.

  37. Africa and Africans never cease to amaze me. It has now shifted from being a dumping ground for dangerous substances to being a manufacturer of the dangerous substances to use on it’s nationals. It is such a shame that even our so called qualified doctors only qualify to administer chloroquine and antibiotics without taking time to investigate what is contained there in. That is why the HIV is being added to our essential commodities and we are happily consuming them. SHAME on mother Africa. :-[-x[-x[-x

  45. Manje why LT yani ponyela all the way to Ukraine? Isn’t that where Russia blocked gas and people are turning into ma iceblock from the cold? :(( :(( :((

  46. Manje why LT yani ponyela all the way to Ukraine? Isn’t that where Russia blocked gas and people are turning into ma iceblock from the cold? :(( :(( :((

  47. 44. Blizkiye Druzya

    LT just needs to put their machinery right!!

    I can help if they need assistance!!

    I can steal some German Know-how!! :d

  51. I donno what I am doing in Ukraine!!!! :(( :S 😕 :SS :-?? Boxers? :O :O :O
    Koma the people responsible for the baby poisonings should be made into Klitschko punching bags. Can I get a petition started???

  54. Chibuku guzzlers take a leaf. u will perish coz the drums or is arabs which transport your stuff wud be contaminated one day

  55. Abena Oga just have a problem-o! D’ese kobos dey be chasin’ dat day cyar evun hav love for day kids!….. ah, nangena mu chi Creole manje ;)) Ine bazakani manga- let me :-$

  56. Innocent babies. Why wasn’t the people ward just after it was discovered. B’careful zedians because you like buying things from Nigeria

  58. Let me rewind to 2006 !!
    Lusaka – Zambia has banned the movement of live birds within the country and stopped imports of poultry in a bid to keep out bird flu, which has already affected four African countries, says the agriculture ministry on Monday.
    Four African countries – Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Egypt – had announced discoveries of the most virulent strain of H5N1 avian influenza.

    AFP

  59. 1 Tim. 6:9,10a
    “However, those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many senseless and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and ruin. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things”

    2 Tim 3:1-5
    ‘But know this, that in the last days… men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,…. having no natural affection,… without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness,… and from these turn away’

  61. Thought umuti kuposha abantu now kaili ewalaipaya [-(

    I am worried for my mother. Our president having gone ku Nigeria ine kwati hhmmmm!

    Jama@co, Ba Moze still around? Lelo nailila pa LT. Language ili ku otherside awe:o:o:o

  64. 63. 3RqU

    iwe and then they accused jam@co of being too shady !!

    These Impondo are the ones using Internet yaku komboni!!

    It would not suprise me if someone stuck his head in the PC-Screen trying to see who is who at LT =))=))=))=))=))

  65. Does LT have an “off-air” communication system between bloggers? Or do we need to use techniques from Katele’s Chiengi School of Medicine 😕

  67. I mean- I see bloggers mentioning having phoned, emailed etc each other- how? :-??

    The knowledge acquired ku Chiengi where laptops wear shirts is not shared online Jam@co- it doesn’t come free! [-x[-x[-x:-c

  68. By the admission of the Nigerian authorities 95% of pharmaceutical products in Nigeria are imitations. Its sad for a country with such intelligent people

  69. Is “soda” used for cooking okra and groundnut sauces healthy for human consumption? Other countries use the substance for scrubing floors, bleaching stuff. Does anyone knows if the “soda” has any nutrients 8->

  71. Jam@co- But how???? I also want to contact people on here…. Hmmm, or maybe not. Aba bantu I don’t trust them. Where is Pastor? /:)

  72. Jam@co- But how???? I also want to contact people on here…. Hmmm, or maybe not. Aba bantu I don’t trust them. Where is Pastor? /:)

  74. Passports dead line has been extended to 31 May 2009. Blimey gives me time to go and bribe that passport officer when I go home on holiday in March:d

    You heard it first from me.

    :d

  80. Goodmorning Bloggers.

    this makes me sick. Just to think of my baby. What is happening in this world. hope the milk is not made in china. We are ever getting medicine from these countries as donation. who do we trust. its like they are targeting us in every angle. 1st we were talking about the chinese milk. The other day a friend of mine sent me an email telling me of the food to avoid and the alway check on the barcode. Just what one of my favorite sneakers(chocolate) was part of the list. The list is quiet long.

    The only thing to do is pray cos i don’t know where we are going. we eat alot of things. :o[-(

  82. Oh oh Made in Nigerian. I hear in Nigerian anything is possible. And this is the Country we are friends with. Hope MOH did not receive any donation of Medicine from this country.

    You pipo Engine Coolant to make baby medicine are these pipo are mad. M A D

  83. Candy

    I said earlier on that in Zed, despite the hunger, we dont give our children engine coolant, we give them grenades!!!!(the Gweembe saga). :-j

  86. We should be wary when dealing with our bretheren from Nigeria in any thing; Banking etc. This medicine thing is just the tip. Selling counterfeit medicines in Nigeria is big business.

  88. Ba Moze, mwauka bwanji, how do u guys manage to blog so often….that is assuming you at work guys..
    3RqU, nice that you going home.

  91. Miss Daisy

    Fine and You?? :)>-

    Khani yo pasa bana engine coolant yanidabwisa ine!!
    its better to give it to men who like khani ya mutototo!:-?

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