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JAKARTA – A court in Indonesia has ordered two companies to pay thousands of dollars in compensation to the families of more than 200 children who were killed or injured by tainted cough syrups.
More than a dozen families of victims sued the government, health ministry and companies accused of supplying the products, demanding nearly $200,000 in damages for each death and $150,000 for those injured. “It’s saddening to see the ruling. The compensation is so much lower,” said Nedy Amardianto, who lost his 10-month-old daughter Aisha to acute kidney injury.The father and a lawyer representing the families expressed disappointment the court made no statement about any alleged wrongdoing by the country’s health ministry and drug regulator, both included in the lawsuit.
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