As many as 80 students of St Anna Girls Hostel in Chainpur block of Gumla reportedly fell ill due to consuming food on the night of July 13. However the district administration ruled out food poisoning and projected diseases like malaria and typhoid as the reasons for the sickness of the students.
“A team of doctors had visited the area. Students fell sick because of malaria and typhoid not because of food poisoning,” said DC Gumla BS Shrivastava.
According to sources, the students started vomiting soon after their dinner on Sunday night and were taken to the nearest hospital for treatment. Conditions of all students is said to be stable and 10 out of the total are undergoing treatment. The patients have been kept under medical observation and the team of doctors that visited from district headquarters ruled out shifting of patients because of their condition being stable. “No casualty has taken place due to this incident,” added the Gumla DC.