MURTHY CALLS GAMBIA DEATHS DUE TO INDIAN SYRUP A ‘SHAME’
BENGALURU: Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy on Tuesday said the country faces huge challenges in the field of research in sciences despite the nation achieving the feat of producing Covid-19 vaccine and inoculating the people of the country.
He also talked about the death of 66 children in The Gambia in Africa linked to India-produced cough syrups.He was speaking at an event to present Infosys prize to six people by the Infosys Science Foundation.
Lauding companies which manufactured and supplied the billion Covid-19 vaccines, Murthy said this was an achievement by any standard.
“That death of 66 children in Gambia, resulting from an Indiaproduced cough syrup has brought unimaginable shame to our country and has dented the credibility of our pharmaceutical regulatory agency,” Murthy said.
On November 1, The Gambia’s Medicines Control Agency said it had not yet pinpointed the exact cause of the deaths. The agency said some of the deceased had not taken any medicine. PTI