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21 students taken ill

BERHAMPUR: Twenty-one students of the residential blind school at Ambapua on the outskirts of the city were admitted to MKCG Medical College hospital on Thursday following symptoms of food-poisoning.

The students developed vomiting tendency and loose motions after taking their breakfast in the hostel.

Initially 12 of them were admitted to the medical college hospital. The rest were brought later.

According to the doctors treating them, their condition is improving and they are out of danger.

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