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19 students taken ill after mid-day meal

By Our Staff Reporter

NIZAMABAD FEB. 15. Nineteen students of a Government upper primary school at Nehrunagar in Yedpalli mandal were admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital here after they began vomitting on taking the mid-day meal served in the school today.

The students were served rice and dal. Within minutes of eating the food, they were vomitting, leading to a panic situation. The Yedpalli Mandal Revenue Officer, Kondaiah, who was informed about the problem, rushed the students to the hospital.

Doctors immediately administered saline to at least 10 students. All of them are said to be out of danger.

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