The Families of 70 Gambian children who died of acute kidney injury (AKI), allegedly linked to consuming Indian made cough syrups, have rejected monetary compensation offered to them by the Government of Gambia.
The Gambian Ministry of Gender have offered the families $20,000 to be shared among them but the families rejected the offer.
Ebrima Sanyang, the chairperson of the grieving families, said the money was “an insult to the victims”.
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Adding that accepting the money would mean that they were not fighting for justice.
The families want the state’s Medicine Control Agency to withdraw its initial claim that the children had died in flood waters and not from faulty medicine.
They also want the agency to be barred from the ongoing investigations ordered by the president.
Recall that in October 2022, the World Health Organization gave a warning against four brands of cough syrups, saying they could be linked to acute kidney damage.
This followed reports linking the drugs to acute kidney problems in children in the Gambia of children.
