At least 34 students, who were taking NCC training at a camp at Ranibagh Amritpur area in Haldwani of Nainital district, were taken ill, suffering from food poisoning, and 12 of them were rushed to Sushila Tiwari Hospital. Besides, 22 of them were released after being treated at Tikoniya -based Army Cantonment Hospital. It is learnt that they fell ill after taking lunch around noon on Thursday.
The NCC camp was started on January 28 and it would continue till February 6. The students who are participating in the training are from Haldwani, Rudrapur, Dwarhat, Almora, Ramnagar, Nainital and Bageshwar. City magistrate Pankaj Upadhyay rushed to the hospital and took stock of the conditions of the students.
The students who are being treated at Sushila Tiwari Hospital include Madan 20, Kamlesh Mehta 20 and Hema 22.
The doctors said that the condition of the students who had been admitted at Sushila Tiwari Hospital was improving. According to some students, the food served to them for lunch was half-cooked. However, NCC cadet official rejected the allegation and said that they fell ill due to cold.