At least seven girl students of the Nilja Medium English School at Nilja village, about 30 km from here, were admitted to BR Ambedkar Hospital here on Monday after they fell unconscious at their respective homes.
This was the second such incident at the same school but the cause of the illness is believed to be mass hysteria. The incident has triggered panic among other students of the school and the residents in the region. People are not able to understand the reason behind such incident.
The local Nayab Sarpanch Chandrasekhar Barma and other villagers said at least 15 students were earlier admitted to the BR Ambedkar Hospital after they felt unconscious. Next day they were discharge by the hospital authorities after treatment. On Monday, eight of the same students developed dizziness and felt unconscious, they said.
Seven of them were brought to Ambedkar hospital while one student was treated at the village government hospital. The affected girls are students of Class VII and VIII. The condition of all the students was stated to be stable. The local administration has deputed a team of health officials to the village for further investigation. A camp has been set up in the village and the team members have been examining the health of all the students, they said.
Chief medical officer Dr KR Sonwani said the cause behind the illness of the girls was mass hysteria and one got affected by others when such news spread. He said all the girls were in perfect health and there was absolutely no trouble.