Srinagar, Oct. 10 -- The recent tragedies involving the deaths of children due to contaminated cough syrup are a grim reminder of the fragile state of pharmaceutical regulation and public health oversight in India. While medicines are intended to heal, these incidents tragically underscore the deadly consequences when standards lapse, and accountability fails. Each life lost represents not just a grieving family but a national failure to safeguard its most vulnerable citizens.Cough syrups, often perceived as benign remedies for common ailments, have now emerged as potential agents of harm. Reports from affected states suggest that contaminated batches of syrup have caused acute kidney injury and multi-organ failure in children, pointing t...