Gambia has hired a U.S. law firm to explore legal action after a government-backed investigation found that contaminated medicines from India were 'very likely' to have caused the deaths of children last year, the justice minister told Reuters.
Ebrima Sagnia holds up a sign during a news conference, calling for justice for the deaths of children linked to contaminated cough syrups, in Serekunda, Gambia, November 4, 2022. Sagnia's 3-year-old son Lamin died of Acute Kidney Injury in September 2022. Reuters, Edward McAllister/File Photo
Gambian Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told Reuters legal action was one option under consideration by the government, the first sign of potential international litigation over the deaths. Jallow did not say who would be the target of potential legal proceedings or name the law firm hired to help. Indian officials have said the WHO failed to prove a causal link to the Gambia deaths, accusing the agency of denigrating its $41 billion pharmaceutical industry. However, cough syrups made by a second Indian drugmaker have been linked to the deaths of 19 children in Uzbekistan. India has since made drug testingGambia's justice ministry is considering its options after completion of a new government-commissioned causality assessment by a panel of international experts, Jallow said.
The panel could not confirm the cause of death in another 30 cases but said it was "highly suggestive" they were killed by DEG and EG. It said there was not enough evidence in four other cases.
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