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The emirate's Department of Health (DoH) confirmed in an advisory on Friday that four cough and cold medicines for children, which may be linked to deaths in the Gambia, are banned in Abu Dhabi. The department urged anyone who may have purchased the products not to use them and to seek medical attention if they experienced any side effects. The cough syrups from Maiden Pharmaceuticals' have allegedly caused the death of 66 children in Gambia, Africa. After a World Health Organization report suggested that the medicines were possibly linked to the deaths, India launched an investigation and halted all production at the New Delhi-based firm. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited's four products are unavailable across all healthcare sectors in the emirate as they contain contaminated ingredients. The four medicines are Promethazine oral solution BP, Kofexmalin baby cough syrup, Makoff Baby, and MaGrip n Cold. BKM/ Expat Media
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