Syrups behind Kidney Injury
Cough syrups are blamed for acute kidney injury in hundreds of children. Health ministry’s surveillance team is slow in collecting patient data while the National Food and Drug Authority (BPOM) stands accused of negligence.
Hussein Abri Dongoran
October 24, 2022
AS soon as he was admitted to Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM) on the night of August 17, Rayyan Zikra immediately received intensive care. Diagnosed with acute kidney injury, the three-year-and-seven-month-old toddler was quickly x-rayed in preparation for dialysis. “His condition worsened and his entire body was swelling,” Rayyan’s mother, Nihlatu Zaidah, recounted when Tempo contacted her on Thursday, October 20
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