The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : 174 students hospitalised

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Wednesday, Feb 01, 2006

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174 students hospitalised

Special Correspondent

Thanjavur: As many as 174 students of Panchayat Union Middle school at Ettupulikadu village in Thanjavur district, who complained of giddiness after having the noon meal in school, were admitted to Pattukottai Government Hospital on Tuesday. They have been kept under observation.

The school has a strength of 271. The children had taken rice with radish sambar. At 1.30 p.m. a student claimed he had spotted the tail of a lizard in the sambar. Following this, the panic-stricken students complained of giddiness and headache.

As instructed by Thanjavur Collector M. Veera Shanmugha Moni, 16 doctors are monitoring the children's condition along with the Chief Medical Officer of the hospital and deputy directors of the Health department. Around 35 children were administered glucose.

50 students taken ill

after breakfast

Our Cuddalore Special Correspondent reports:

Over 50 inmates of the hostel attached to Nandanar Boys Higher Secondary School in Chidambaram fell sick after having breakfast on Tuesday. One of the students reportedly found a wall lizard in the curd rice. This triggered nausea in some boys. They were rushed to the government hospital in an ambulance.

While 18 students were admitted, the rest were treated as outpatients in the Government Hospital here.

Chidambaram Sub-Collector Arun Rai who visited the hostel found the sanitary conditions poor and recommended the suspension of the chief warden.

Killai Ravichandran, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam deputy convenor, alleged that it was sixth incident of its kind in the hostel. He blamed it on poor maintenance and lack of concern for the health of the inmates.

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