Andhra Pradesh: 12 children fall ill after midday meal in school

Anantapur: Twelve children have taken ill after consuming food at the school midday meals programme on Friday. According to reports, students had their midday meals at their school in Tippareddipalli of Yadiki mandal in the district. Initially five of them fell sick and the teachers immediately informed their parents who shifted them to the local […]

Anantapur: Twelve children have taken ill after consuming food at the school midday meals programme on Friday. According to reports, students had their midday meals at their school in Tippareddipalli of Yadiki mandal in the district.

Initially five of them fell sick and the teachers immediately informed their parents who shifted them to the local primary health centre. As there were no pediatricians at the centre, they were advised to take them to the government hospital at Tadipalli.

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In the meanwhile, two more students also fell sick and all the seven were taken in an ambulance to Tadipalli. While they were undergoing treatment, eight more from the same school were rushed there with the same complaint–suspected food poisoning. After first aid, 12 of them were sent to the government hospital in Anantapur for treatment

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