Taking strict action on the death of a 13-year-old girl at hostel for Government Divisional Residential School at Katara Hills on Tuesday, the District Collector has suspended the hostel warden on Wednesday.
The girl was ill for the past few days and her condition further deteriorated in the absence of proper medical attention. The school administration had not provided medical help to the girl which lead to her death.
Chairperson of the Madhya Pradesh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MPCRCR) Usha Chaturvedi has claimed that the statement of the family members of the deceased girl would be recorded on Friday and further investigations would be done based on the statements after which action against the administration of the Residential School would be taken.
Taking the incident seriously district Collector Nishant Warwade suspended the warden Asha Meera on Wednesday and has ordered further investigation into the matter.
Around 133 girls and 131 boys are currently residing at the school which is beyond the capacity of the school.
On Tuesday, the Childline received a call on tollfree phone number 1098, from a student of hostel hills regarding seriously ill girl student Deepika. On receipt of the information, a team of officials reached the hostel and medical assistance was immediately provided to the girl, but the victim died on her way to hospital.
School administration has denied the fact that the victim was not provided proper medical assistance and expressed ignorance on the issue of the students informing Childline for medical assistance.
However, in the preliminary investigation, it was found that no medical facility is provided to the students when they become sick and instead of taking them to hospital, their parents are asked to take the students home.