Food poisoning: 150 girls from tribal hostel fall sick

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Updated: Sep 16, 2023, 09:00 IST

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Over 150 students at a girls hostel in Nagarkurnool district were rushed to hospitals after experiencing breathlessness and stomach ache following dinner. Some students were transported in autorickshaws to hospitals due to the large number of sick students. Students organizations demanded action against the hostel staff for negligence. The cause of the illness is suspected to be water contamination. At least 10 students are in intensive care units, while others have been sent home after receiving treatment. Officials have set up a medical camp at the hostel.

Food poisoning: 150 girls from tribal hostel fall sick

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HYDERABAD: In a case of food contamination, more than 150 students of Mannanur tribal welfare girls hostel in Nagarkurnool district were rushed to various hospitals after they complained of breathlessness and stomach ache soon after having dinner on Thursday night.

The situation was so grim that the authorities had to shift them in a lorry to the hospitals owing to the huge number of students falling sick.Some were rushed in two ambulances which made repeated trips, while some were transported in autorickshaws to the hospitals.
Students organisations staged a demonstration on the Srisailam highway on Thursday night demanding that action be taken against the hostel staff for their alleged negligence.

After 7 pm, a large number of students complained they were not able to breathe. They had rice, sambar and vegetable curry for dinner. Worried parents rushed their children to the local hospital first. Several students, however, kept panting for breath and crying and were taken to the Achampet area hospital where they were put on oxygen.
As there were only a few beds, more than two students were accommodated on one bed and provided treatment. Several students were shifted to Mahbubnagar and Nagarkurnool government hospitals. Some were treated in private hospitals also.

At least 10 students are being provided care in ICUs in the hospitals, while several students, who recovered after being given preliminary treatment, were sent home.
Though officials weren’t forthcoming on the alleged food-poisoning, fingers are pointed at a possible water contamination in the hoste.
Tribal welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod said a medical camp had been set up at the hostel to treat students who had complained of health problems.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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