Another incident of students falling ill after consuming school/hostel food reported in Telangana.
Approximately 50 students of the Social Welfare Girls’ Gurukul School at Choppadandi mandal headquarters, Karimnagar are affected with food poisoning. They said to have consumed a mid day meal served at the school premises. The students suffered abdominal pain and were vomiting, following which they were rushed to hospital.
At first, students were shifted to Choppadandi Government Hospital and as beds were not available at the hospital, doctors referred them to Karimnagar Government District Hospital. According to sources, students had cabbage and boiled egg in lunch and after initial medical tests, they were confirmed to have food poisoning.
The District Medical Health Officer (DMHO) Dr. Juveria and RCO Alivelu visited the hospital and enquired about students’ condition.
In addition, Mr. Bandi Sanjay Kumar, the Member of Parliament (MP) of Karimnagar and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Minister Mr. Gangula Kamalakar and the Choppadandi Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mr. Ravi Shanker immediately responded to the incident and directed the health officials to provide proper treatment to the students.
Meanwhile, the parents of the students staged a protest at the hospital accusing the Gurukul authorities of failing to inform the parents about the incident.
This is not the first such incident being reported at the State run schools of Telangana. In the past, several students reportedly fell ill due to food poisoning, after consuming hostel food.
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