School children fall ill after lunch in school
Posted on: 19/Jul/2013 12:36:30 PM
There was a great panic at Neyveli Lignite Corporation Girls’ School in Neyveli, 150 km south of Chennai, when students complained of headache and nausea soon after their midday meal consisting of eggs on Thursday.Around 143 students of classes 6 and 7 of the government school were rushed to the local hospital soon after.
Soon after the girls vomited, and some of them fainted, distribution of food was stopped. Only 13 girls were admitted and administered drips. They are still under observation.Neyveli Lignite Corporation general hospital sources said they suspected “food infection.”Collector Kirlosh Kumar said samples of the meal had been collected and sent for examination.
