Bihar: 85 students fall sick after eating midday meal in government school

At least 85 students fell sick after eating midday meal in a govt. school of Bihar’s Samstipur district.

All the students were admitted to a local hospital and later discharged after getting treatment.

“Soon after the children consumed their meal at a primary school in Akbarpur Pitaurdiya village, they complained of uneasiness, which led to vomiting and some students falling unconscious,” a district official said.

The district education officer Brajesh Kumar has ordered a probe into the matter and asked the block education officers to submit the report.

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However, doctors who treated students didn’t find any poison sign in their bodies but two girl students had claimed to see a died lizard in the food served to them.

In 2013, 23 students died after eating midday meal at a govt. school in saran district of Bihar.