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Rukhmini Ashram School was established in 1976. It is a residential school at Karnataka run by an NGO and aided by the Government in Dhanora village. The children of the school were served kheer puri for breakfast, chickpea curry for lunch, and paneer curry for dinner during the day. A few hours later, they started complaining of diarrhea and vomiting. These were the symptoms of food poisoning, which affected 35 students out of 88.
Nine students brought from the school were admitted with food poisoning symptoms.
Dr BR Pujari, Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), Bijapur
Consumption of contaminated, spoiled, or toxic food causes food poisoning. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, and fever occur.
Vomiting and diarrhoea reduce body fluids, causing dehydration. Loss of fluids causes serious illness.
The school administration was accused of negligence and parents demanded action against those responsible. District Collector of Bijapur Sambit Misra visited the hospital to meet the hospitalized children and their attendants.
The district administration will conduct an inquiry into the matter.
Sambit Misra, District Collector Bijapur
The conditions of the remaining students were stable, and their treatment was being carried out in the government hospital.
The doctors could not determine the cause as samples of food eaten by the children were unavailable. Samples of rice only could be collected. To rule out other causes of fever, patients were tested for malaria. The malaria tests turned out to be negative.
The district administration promises to punish the guilty.
(Input from various sources)
(Rehash/Dr. Swati Sharma/MSM)
