Over 100 students were hospitalised following suspected food poisoning in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district.
According to the official, 106 students from the Zilla Parishad school in Pardi, located in the district’s Saoli tehsil, consumed meals at the school on Wednesday afternoon and later that night reported stomach aches and vomiting.
District Civil Surgeon Dr Mahadeo Chinchole said, “After they reached school on Thursday, the students showed the same symptoms. So they were first taken to the rural hospital and primary health centre. They were shifted to other facilities later. Currently, 62 students are in the sub-district hospital in Mul tehsil, 20 in Gadchiroli district hospital, 17 in Saoli and the rest in Chandrapur’s Government Medical College and Hospital.”
MLA and prominent BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar instructed the administration to do all in its capacity to treat students well.
“The students are in stable condition and are under observation at these hospitals. The food samples have been collected by the Food and Drug Administration for analysis as part of the probe,” Chinchole added.
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