Uzbek Court Sentences 23 Over Contaminated Cough Syrup Deaths
TASHKENT (Reuters) - A court in Uzbekistan sentenced 23 individuals to jail terms on Monday over the deaths of 68 kids connected to infected cough syrups produced by India's Marion Biotech, following a six-month-long trial. The Central Asian country had actually formerly reported 65 deaths connected to the medications, however last month the district attorneys at the Tashkent city court upgraded the death toll and stated 2 more individuals had actually been charged throughout the hearings. The offenders, consisting of one Indian nationwide, dealt with prison terms varying from 2 to 20 years. They were condemned of tax evasion, sale of substandard or fake medications, abuse of workplace, carelessness, forgery, and bribery. Singh Raghvendra Pratar, an executive director of Quramax Medical, a...