52 Goa school kids hospitalised after mid-day meal
Panaji, June 15 (IANS) A total of 52 students of a government school in Goa have been hospitalised after they complained of nausea soon after eating their mid-day meal Wednesday, an official said.
The Official said that while most of the students from Murgao High School in Vasco, 35 km from here, were discharged after preliminary treatment, the condition of two students was critical. The two children have been admitted to the Goa Medical College.
The meal was prepared by a local self-help group at a school in Vasco, Assistant Director (Education) Anil Powar said.
“The education department has started an inquiry into the incident,” he said, adding that a first information report (FIR) had been filed against the head of Ganesh Self-Help Group, which prepared the meal for the school students.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Mahesh Gaonkar said the police were looking for Urmila Salgaonkar, who ran the self-help group.
“As far as we know, she is missing because we have tried searching for her everywhere,” Gaonkar said.
In August last year too, Salgaonkar was arrested after students complained of nausea after eating food served by her group. Soon after the incident, the education department blacklisted her group.