As many as 37 students of Gurukul Public School, Hatia - a private residential school – fell ill after they were served vegetable with a lizard dead in it. One of the students was seriously ill when these 37 students were taken to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi for treatment.
On Thursday morning the students were being served bread and vegetable in breakfast. The breakfast was distributed among half of students when some of the students who had taken the breakfast complaint of stomachache and nausea. Rest students were not served the contaminated vegetable. They were served bread with sugar.
“Yes there was a dead lizard in the vegetable that was being served. When students complained of stomachache, nausea and vomiting tendencies they were taken to RIMS. Doctors termed it the case of food poisoning. By the evening all students have been treated and they have recovered,” said Principal of the school, Ajay Kumar Shahoo.
Meanwhile Nodal office for monitoring implementation of Right to Education in Ranchi took suo moto cognisance of the case and constituted a four member team to look into the matter. The team is headed by Deputy District Superintendent of Education (DDSE) of Ranchi Upendra Nath Thakur. Nodal officer for RTE Jayant Kumar Mishra said that the team would look into the matter. “The team will see if they have violated any provisions under the RTE. If the school will be found violating the provisions then we will take tough actions against them,” Jayant said.
Jayant also said that if it was established that school had violated RTE while serving the breakfast they would also serve the report to Child Protection Commission and recommend actions.