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BEIJING: China published Thursday a new number of children
hospitalized after drinking tainted milk, more than tripling the
official figure to nearly 47,000.
At the moment, 10,666 children remain in
hospital for poisoning with the toxic chemical melamine, while
another 36,144 were previously hospitalized but have since been
allowed to go home, the Health ministry said.
This makes for a total of 46,810 children who
have been hospitalized for kidney problems caused by melamine, up
from 14,471 according to the previous data from the Health ministry
on September 21.
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BEIJING: Three persons have died in southwestern China after
receiving a herbal injection, the government said, in the latest
incident underlining the safety risks of Chinese-made products. The
deaths occurred in Yunnan province after six hospital patients
received injections of Siberian ginseng extract.
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