Undercover Asia

Season 10 Episode 9: Tainted Medicine Scandal

Between 2022 and 2023, over 300 children in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Indonesia died after they consumed cough syrup. It sent shockwaves around the world. Investigations revealed toxic ingredients in them. Diethylene and Ethylene Glycol are deadly chemicals which should never be found in medicine. The cough syrups were manufactured by pharmaceutical companies in India and Indonesia. The manufacturing firms deny wrongdoing but, in the months to follow, the findings would open up a pandora's box of dirty truths.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

10

Episodes:

98

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

2014

IMDb:

8.0