<p>Twelve students were hospitalised in Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital in east Delhi after they complained of stomach ache following their midday meal in school on Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The girls, between the age group of 7-14, are students of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Partpargunj. All the students were discharged by evening.<br /><br />“The patients were in stable condition when discharged. While 10 girls were admitted to the paediatric ward, two were admitted in the adult ward as they were above 12 years. <br />The children suffered from food poisoning after their midday meals,” said the head of the paediatric unit at Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS), requesting anonymity. <br /> <br />The midday meals were provided to the school by Dr. Bheem Rao Ambedkar Dalit Utthan Evom Shiksha Samit. The same trust had supplied food to two other schools. <br /><br />However, no complaints were received from the other schools.<br /><br />The children were served rajma and puri for lunch. “Children complained that they saw insects in the rajma,” said the doctor. <br /><br />According to Dr Harish Mansukhania, deputy medical superintendent, “At 1.50 pm, we received 12 children at our hospital who complained of stomach ache. They were diagnosed with food poisoning.” <br /><br />The matter was immediately brought to the notice of Deputy Director of Education (East) Dr Saroj Bala Sain. <br /><br />Two principals of near-by schools rushed to the spot and admitted the children to LBS. <br /><br />A team of officials from the mid-day meal (MDM) branch headquarters reached the school to lift food samples for examination.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the city Congress unit president Arvinder Singh has appealed to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to hold a high-level probe into the incident.<br /><br />Singh said it was not the first time that children had fallen sick after eating their midday meals. <br /><br />“The role of the BJP leaders in the midday meal scheme should be probed,” he said.<br /><br />Congress Legislature Party leader Haroon Yusuf demanded that the guilty be arrested. Party leaders requested the LG that contractors supplying midday meals to municipal corporation schools be re-evaluated and the guilty black-listed. <br /><br />AAP leader Manish Sisodia visited the sick children at the hospital. <br /><br /></p>
<p>Twelve students were hospitalised in Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital in east Delhi after they complained of stomach ache following their midday meal in school on Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The girls, between the age group of 7-14, are students of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Partpargunj. All the students were discharged by evening.<br /><br />“The patients were in stable condition when discharged. While 10 girls were admitted to the paediatric ward, two were admitted in the adult ward as they were above 12 years. <br />The children suffered from food poisoning after their midday meals,” said the head of the paediatric unit at Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS), requesting anonymity. <br /> <br />The midday meals were provided to the school by Dr. Bheem Rao Ambedkar Dalit Utthan Evom Shiksha Samit. The same trust had supplied food to two other schools. <br /><br />However, no complaints were received from the other schools.<br /><br />The children were served rajma and puri for lunch. “Children complained that they saw insects in the rajma,” said the doctor. <br /><br />According to Dr Harish Mansukhania, deputy medical superintendent, “At 1.50 pm, we received 12 children at our hospital who complained of stomach ache. They were diagnosed with food poisoning.” <br /><br />The matter was immediately brought to the notice of Deputy Director of Education (East) Dr Saroj Bala Sain. <br /><br />Two principals of near-by schools rushed to the spot and admitted the children to LBS. <br /><br />A team of officials from the mid-day meal (MDM) branch headquarters reached the school to lift food samples for examination.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the city Congress unit president Arvinder Singh has appealed to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to hold a high-level probe into the incident.<br /><br />Singh said it was not the first time that children had fallen sick after eating their midday meals. <br /><br />“The role of the BJP leaders in the midday meal scheme should be probed,” he said.<br /><br />Congress Legislature Party leader Haroon Yusuf demanded that the guilty be arrested. Party leaders requested the LG that contractors supplying midday meals to municipal corporation schools be re-evaluated and the guilty black-listed. <br /><br />AAP leader Manish Sisodia visited the sick children at the hospital. <br /><br /></p>
