Another tribal girl student dies in Asifabad

Athram Parvathi (12) breathed her last at her home soon after returning from a hospital in Utnoor mandal centre. She was studying at a government school, run by the tribal welfare department, at Rashimetta village in Jainoor mandal.

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A class VII girl student died of fever and stomachache at Jaduguda village on Wednesday. It was the third such incident reported in a gap of a month.

Sources said that Athram Parvathi (12) breathed her last at her home soon after returning from a hospital in Utnoor mandal centre. She was studying at a government school, run by the tribal welfare department, at Rashimetta village in Jainoor mandal.

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Family members said that she, however, was not attending classes and not staying in the hostel since August. She is the only daughter of Bheemrao, a farmer.

On December 21, Venkat Laxmi (19), a D Ed student of a college in Asifabad died at the hostel after complaining difficulty in breathing on Friday. She underwent treatment at a government hospital in Asifabad town. She hails from Andugulaguda village in Bejjur mandal.

Choudari Shailaja, a Class IX student of Ashram school-Wankidi who was hospitalised due to food poisoning on October 31, died while undergoing treatment at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad On November 25.