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Aarav Menon

The author is a researcher on public health policy and regulatory systems, with a focus on drug safety and institutional accountability in India

Our drugs can’t be their deaths

ByAarav Menon 08 Oct 2025 07:56 IST

Fourteen children in Madhya Pradesh swallowed a medicine their parents trusted — and never woke up again. This is not just the story of one poisonous batch, but of a system that treats safety as an afterthought and human life as expendable.