45 students fall ill in Shopian

At least forty five students took ill in south Kashmir’s Shopian district immediately after having their dinner Sunday night. Reports said the students of Jamia Ayesha Siddiqa Educational Institute, Tachloo Shopian began vomiting after they ate their dinner.

A doctor on duty at district hospital Shopian said that asmany as 45 students were hospitalised after they showed signs of foodpoisoning.

   

“They are suffering from diarrhoea, vomiting and stomachache” said the doctor. “We suspect food poisoning, but the exact cause isyet to be confirmed,” he added. A student said that a few hours aftereating the food she began feeling nauseous and suffered abdominal pain. “Manystudents suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting”, she added. Another studentsaid that the food was brought from a private institute in Imamshab whichcelebrated its annual function on Monday. “The food might have spoilt” she said.

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