Telangana: 80 students from Karimnagar gurukul ill after midday meal

HYDERABAD: As many as 80 students of Telangana social welfare gurukul girls school at Choppadandi in Karimnagar fell ill on Friday due to a suspected case of food poisoning.
While a majority of the students have recovered, six students are undergoing treatment at the district government hospital. “We are monitoring them 24/7,” DMHO Dr Juveria said.
After they had lunch in the hostel, several students complained of stomach ache.Some of them started vomiting. The students were served rice, dal, cabbage curry and egg as part of the midday meal scheme.
Soon after the children fell sick, additional collector Garima Agarwal visited the hostel and shifted the students to hospitals. Out of the 80 students who fell ill, 30 were shifted to the Karimnagar civil hospital.
Fifteen students who recovered were shifted back to their hostel. Officials said only six students were hospitalised as on Saturday.
Most of the students who suffered abdominal pain were in class VI. Parents of the students, who rushed to the hospital soon after hearing about the news, got into an altercation with the school authorities over the quality of food being served to their children.
The gurukul hostel has 479 students from classes V to X. Officials said 439 students partook their meals on Friday afternoon. Initially, the students were taken to the primary health centre and later shifted to the civil hospital.
The gurukul hostel has 479 students from classes V to X. Officials said that 439 students partook their meals on Friday afternoon.