Anger as healthy kids given anti-flu medicine at school

Furious parents have slammed a Beijing preschool after children were made to take free anti-flu medicine as part of a pharmaceuticals company promotion.

A mother raised the alarm on an online forum when her child suffered a dangerous allergic reaction to drugs given out at Xintiandi Kindergarten in Tongzhou district.

Writing on bato.cn, a popular site among residents in the district, "Mishishahai" said the school required every student to take Youkadan, a medicine made by Renhe Group in Jiangxi province. Shortly after, her child's eyes became seriously inflamed.