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10 school kids eat sugar, sick

Sugar was distributed to them by one of the students who had returned from prayers.

Hyderabad: Nearly ten students of Class III studying at the Government Primary School in Rajendranagar fell sick on Friday after they ate sugar distributed to them by one of the students who had returned from prayers. They were shifted to hospital for treatment and their condition is said to be stable.

The Hasannagar-III primary Urdu medium school, located in Shastripuram in Rajendranagar mandal, has nearly 125 students from Classes I to V. On Friday noon, 78 of them had mid-day meals in the school. After lunch, a student who had gone to a nearby dargah, came back with sugar distributed there and shared them among friends. “Ten students who ate this sugar started vomiting and fell sick.

They were shifted to the nearby health centre,” said Rajendranagar MEO Bhoopathi Rao. He said there was no problem with the midday meals served on the children. After first aid, the students were shifted to Niloufer hospital for better treatment and their condition is said to be stable.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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