48 girls sick due to food poison

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 01:23 PM

 48 girls sick due to food poison

Khammam, July 26: In a drastic incident, Around 48 students of the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Backward Classes Welfare Gurukul School for girls at Velugumatla near Khammam were taken ill due to suspected food poisoning here on Tuesday.

The Mahatma JyotibaPhule Backward Classes Welfare Gurukul School for girls was recently inaugurated in the village.

The Sources said that a section of the students of the residential school complained of severe stomach ache, diarrhea and nausea after consuming food served at the mess in the residential institution on Monday night.

The ailing students were admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital by the school staff on Tuesday morning. Some of them groaned in pain unable to bear severe stomach cramps even as the doctors promptly attended to them by administering saline and providing treatment. The condition of the ailing students is stable and all of them are recovering fast, hospital sources said.

Meanwhile, SFI activists staged a protest in front of the school in the afternoon demanding stern action against those responsible.