On June 28th, 2008, the urology department of the First Hospital of Lanzhou City, Gansu Province received the first case of "multiple stones in both kidneys" and "ureteral stones". As of September 8th, 14 infants with the same disease have been treated in this hospital for more than two months. At present, Gansu Province has received a total of 59 reported cases with death 1 person.
Recently, the urology department of Nanjing Children's Hospital admitted 20 children who suffered from kidney disease due to eating the same brand of milk powder, and the severe cases have been transferred to Shanghai for treatment. So far, dozens of children have been found in Hubei, Hunan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Henan and other provinces.
Things got complicated. The news that "it is suspected that drinking the same brand of milk powder caused the baby to suffer from kidney calculi" began to hang over the hearts of those young mothers like dark clouds. Many people began to think of the "big head doll" incident caused by inferior milk powder in Fuyang, Anhui Province in 2004.
With the development of the situation, on the evening of September 1 1, Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co., Ltd. issued a product recall statement, saying that after self-examination, the company found that some batches of "Sanlu" infant milk powder produced before August 6, 2008 were contaminated with melamine, and there were about 700 tons on the market. Sanlu Group Company decided to immediately recall all "Sanlu" infant milk powder produced before August 6, 2008. ?
Earlier, the Ministry of Health announced that many cases of urinary calculi in infants and young children have been reported recently in Gansu and other places. The survey found that most babies have a history of eating "Sanlu" brand infant formula. After investigation by relevant departments, it is highly suspected that the "Sanlu" brand infant formula milk powder produced by Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co., Ltd. is contaminated by melamine.
Melamine is a chemical raw material, which can cause urinary calculi.
So far, the cause of the baby's illness has not been thoroughly investigated, but these parents report that their children have been eating "Sanlu" brand milk powder since birth. According to the hospital, most people who suffered from kidney calculi in the past were adults, and children, especially infants, were less likely to suffer from this disease.