As many as 13 hostel inmates of the Chatabarsa Primary School under Sunabeda block in Sundargarh district were taken ill on Wednesday afternoon after eating cooked food served to them in the hostel.
The students complained of stomach ache after eating the food and later 13 inmates, including cook Dhaniram Sandha and his child started vomiting. They were rushed to the Subdega CHC and later discharged after undergoing treatment.