Chennai: Around 50 students of the Quaid-e-Millath Government College for Women fell ill on Sunday night after consuming dinner at the hostel, in a suspected case of food poisoning.
The girl students complained that they found a dead lizard in the food that they consumed on Sunday night.
The students were immediately rushed to the Royapettah Government Hospital where they are bein treated.
While few students complained of diarrhoea, several others had nausea, doctors treating on the students said, adding that the condition of the students was stable.
Doctors said food poisoning could be the reason for the students falling ill, but refused to go into details.
Meanwhile, officials from the Greater Chennai Corporation and Food Safety Department visited the college to collect samples of the food for testing.
