The authorities in the small West African nation of Gambia have not yet acknowledged the allegations that poisonous cough syrup was to blame for the deaths of seventy youngsters there. The World Health Organization (WHO), which raised the matter, was alerted to the deaths that might have been caused by the four cough syrups created in India. As a result, the Indian government and the Haryana government banned Maiden Pharmaceuticals, the company that makes the cough syrups..