8-year-old student dies of hostel food poisoning
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A STUDENT of class III died while two others were taken seriously ill after allegedly consuming poisonous food at a school hostel in Burdwan district.
District Magistrate Onkar Singh Meena confirmed that eight-year-old Archana Hembram died at Durgapur hospital on Sunday while the condition of two others among the 41 students admitted after consuming poisonous food on Saturday was serious.
Stating that the students were suffering from acute dehydration, Meena said they were first admitted to Kaksa primary health centre, but were subsequently discharged.
They were then admitted to Durgapur hospital.
The district administration has sent a medical team and ordered a magisterial probe under Additional District Magistrate Utpal Biswas to probe into any act of negligence on the part of the school authorities as they had not informed the district authorities about the incident, he said.
The principal of the school Sushmita Pathak claimed that of the 260 hostel students of the residential school, 42 had taken ill and were admitted to Kaksa health centre but were subsequently discharged.
Three students were later admitted to hospital as they complained of uneasiness.
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