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35 MAHARANI'S GIRLS ILL AFTER MIDDAY MEAL
More than 35 girl students of Ma-harani's Composite PU College were taken ill yesterday after they partook hot meals and 10 of them were said to be seriously ill.
The 350 students had their lunch at 2.30 pm yesterday and Kavitha, Ashlesha, Sridevi, Sandhya, Parvati, Sumayya, Srilatha, Noor Fathima, Soundarya and Kanchana of VIII standard became seriously ill and other 13 students were admitted to K.R. Hospital for observation.
The students became ill soon after they had their lunch. But as a few of them were having fever for a couple of days, the teachers did not take it seriously.
When some students of VIII standard began vomiting, the Head Mistress Vasanthkumari called K.R. Hospital which sent an ambulance to the college and shifted the students to the hospital.
The students are being examined to find out the reason for their illness, said Hospital Superintendent Dr. Geetha Avadhani.
According to the students, lunch was served late yesterday as the gas was exhausted in the college kitchen. They took ill as they ate in a hurry. There is no separate system for preparing hot meals. The meals are being prepared in the college canteen which is not hygienic.
Anxious parents were seen at the hospital demanding the discharge of their children as they wanted to get treatment elsewhere.
# Posted : Saturday, July 14, 2007
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