After consuming iron pills, seven girl students of Government school at Soram fell ill creating panic in the area. The girls were rushed to district hospital in unconscious State where they regained sense after administration of some rejuvenating medicine.
Notably, to overcome the deficiency of blood in children, specially adolescent girls, the State Government is providing iron pills to school children and on Wednesday afternoon too students of Government Higher Secondary School, Soram were distributed iron pills. But, just after consuming iron pills, one after another seven girl students of the school fell unconscious creating panic in the school.
The news spread like wild fire in the area as both parents and public representatives rushed to see the children. In the meanwhile, the school administration immediately rushed all the seven unconscious students to district hospital in 108 Sanjivani Ambulance. There, they were administered some rejuvenating medicine after that the girls regained consciousness and were also recovering fast. According to Dr Vinod Pandey, who attended the girls, due to side effects of iron pills the girls fell ill and now they are recovering fast. According to school administration Radha Sahu, Niteshwari, Domin Sahu, Kumari Ajay Yadav all students of class XI and Damini Sahu and Bhupeshwari Sinha both of class IX were among the 7 girl students who developed nausea after taking iron pills.