A baby diagnosed with kidney stones after being fed Sanlu milk food gets treatment at a hospital in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province on September 8, 2008.
Ministry of Health (MOH) Monday announcement more than doubled the earlier figure of 580 kids, who were diagnosed with kidney stones after being fed the adulterated Sanlu product.
Their number could rise further as the search for more infants fed Sanlu milk food spread across the country’s rural areas.
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Health officials in China are investigating a brand of baby formula after 14 infants were treated in hospital for kidney stones.
The infants are all under 11 months and shared symptoms such as vomiting, the Xinhua news agency reported. They are from a rural area in northwest Gansu province.
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Broad-leaved Plantain
TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi-based National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB) now has an easy solution for kidney stones. Once the NRCB’s ongoing research comes to an end, people no longer need to go in search of juice extracted from plantain stem, sold in roadside carts, a drink widely recommended for those suffering from the problem. The extract with curative properties for urinary stones would be available in the form of tablets across the counters in medical stores.
NRCB has embarked on a project to convert the juice into powder and then into tablets for easy consumption and ready availability. “After a year-long study we have developed a technology to convert the juice into powder while ensuring that the medicinal values of plantain stem are not lost,” says NRCB director M M Mustafa. A team of scientists, headed by Dr C K Narayanan, principal scientist of the centre had commenced the research a year back.
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