5 school kids fall sick in E Delhi after midday meal
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25/07/2013
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Times Of India (New Delhi)
New Delhi: Just days after the midday meal tragedy of Bihar killed 23 students, five students of a municipal school in Sonia Vihar were admitted to local hospitals on Wednesday after they complained of stomach ache and vomiting.
Municipal officials said that the NGO in-charge for the distribution of midday meals had served c h o l e - p u r i to 400-500 students of this school and other schools in the neighbouring areas. “Of them, only five were admitted to hospitals. Doctors say that
the children are doing fine,” said Sanjay Surjan, chairman of standing committee of East Delhi corporation, adding that the children were discharged on Thursday.
The corporation has setup a committee to look into the matter. Food samples were sent to FICCI laboratory for testing and the report is expected within a week.
But the fact that only five out of 500 school children complained and were hospitalized, has left the authorities puzzled. “The NGO supplies food to other schools also and caters to 70,000 students in all. We didn’t receive any other complaint. We have asked the doctors to take blood samples of students for detailed tests,” said S Kumaraswamy, commissioner of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation.