16 students fall ill after consuming mid-day meal at Mumbai’s BMC-run school

Sixteen students of a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation run school allegedly fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal

Mumbai: Sixteen students of a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) run school allegedly fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Mumbai’s Anik village on Friday, an official said.

“The 16 students were brought to the hospital after they complained of vomiting and abdominal pain following the mid-day meal at school. They have been admitted to the paediatric ward,” said Sunil Phakle, Dean, Jan Shatabdi Hospital, Chembur.

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The condition of the children is stable, he said.

Presently, these 16 children have been kept in the paediatric ward for observation, he added.