Suspected food poisoning in U.P. residential school, 15 girls taken ill
The Hindu
Warden of the school Mukesh Devi informed the basic education officer that out of the total 83 girls in the school, 30 were complaining of uneasiness and vomiting
At least 15 girl students of a residential school in Saharanpur district were admitted to a community health centre following complains of vomiting and uneasiness, a senior official said on Monday.
The incident took place on Sunday at the Kasturba Gandhi Residential School in Mehngi village, District Magistrate Akhilesh Singh said.
Among the 15, condition of three was stated to be serious, he said, adding prima facie it appears to be a case of food poisoning.
A magisterial probe has been ordered into the matter by Additional District Magistrate, Administration, Chief Medical Officer and district basic education officer. The team of officers will give their report within 48 hours, the DM said.
Giving details of the incident, Mr. Singh said that on Sunday afternoon, warden of the school Mukesh Devi informed the basic education officer that out of the total 83 girls in the school, 30 were complaining of uneasiness and vomiting and a team from the health centre was sent there.
Later 15 girls were admitted to the health centre and some of them were referred to the district hospital.
We all remember the childhood history classes on human evolution, which taught us how where men started hunting their food and learned to cook on fire create a fire that paved the way for our culinary adventures across centuries. Humans have evolved since then, wood fires have been replaced by ovens and gas stoves whereas open-fire cooking has only been a part of our backyard activity that gets a pick occasionally during special occasions.