Indonesia Reports 99 Child Deaths From Acute Kidney Injury; Medicinal Syrups Linked

Indonesia Reports 99 Child Deaths From Acute Kidney Injury; Medicinal Syrups Linked
A cough medication is poured in this picture illustration taken on Oct. 19, 2022. Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters
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JAKARTA—Some medicinal syrups available in Indonesia contained ingredients linked to fatal acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, its health minister said on Thursday, as it investigates a spike in cases and 99 child deaths this year.

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin was also cited by media as saying some of those syrups were produced locally.