Maharashtra: 30 students hospitalised after suspected food poisoning in ashram school

Thirty students from an ashram school in the Bhandara region of eastern Maharashtra were hospitalised due to possible food poisoning. The incident occurred at Yerali Ashram School in Tumsar town on Thursday, official said.

Bhandara district health officer Milind Somkuwar said, Some students of the ashram school complained of vomiting, abdominal pain and fever on Thursday, after which a team of district health department examined 325 students residing in the school hostel. Of them, 30 students were admitted to the sub-district hospital at Tumsar for treatment, he said.

We suspect it to be a case of food poisoning as the students took ill after consumption of food served to them at the hostel, he said, adding that all the students are now stable and will be discharged soon. The health department has collected the samples of food and water for testing, Somkuwar said.