Indonesia: child deaths from acute kidney injury rise to 133

STORY: Indonesia: child deaths from acute kidney injury rise to 133 DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference and data 2. various of medicine warehouse 3. various of children in schools and hospitals 4. various of pharmacy STORYLINE: Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Friday said the number of children who had died from acute kidney injury rose to 133 from the previously reported 99. Sadikin said the deaths were among a total of 241 cases reported in 22 provinces since January, adding that most patients were children under the age of six. The minister said laboratory tests concluded that there were compounds of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol in the children's blood. Authorities have found 102 types of syrup the children were consuming at home, details of which will be announced soon. Meanwhile, on Thursday, Indonesia's food and drug regulatory agency BPOM announced five types of syrups produced by three