Indonesia bans liquid medicines after dozens of children die
More than 200 paediatric cases of acute kidney damage have been identified since January, authorities said
Indonesia has temporarily banned all liquid medicines following the deaths of about 100 children from acute kidney damage, the country’s health minister says.
At least 206 cases of acute kidney damage have been reported in 20 provinces since January and the number has risen sharply since August, the ministry said.
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said actual cases could be higher, with a fatality rate of about 50%.
“The ministry has investigated and found that infants who suffered from acute kidney injury had consumed three dangerous chemicals — ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol [and] ethylene glycol butyl ether,” Mr Sadikin said.
