38 children hospitalised after consuming mid-day meal at Thane school
Thane, Oct 1: As many as 38 children fell ill and were hospitalised on Tuesday for suspected food poisoning after they ate a mid-day meal at a private school near Thane city in Maharashtra, officials said.
The children, aged between 8 and 11 years, were admitted to the civic hospital in Kalwa town after they complained of giddiness, nausea, headache and pain in the abdomen after lunch, according to medical officials at the hospital.
All the children are out of danger and responding to the medical treatment, Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) Additional Commissioner Sandeep Malvi told PTI.
He confirmed that the children had eaten a mid-day meal at the private school.
Another medical official said the students were served rice and moth bean (matki) curry as the meal.
"Samples of food served to students have been collected by FDA officials. It was immediately not known if matki was stale," officials said.
According to officials, initially, five students complained of uneasiness and their number swelled gradually.
"Ambulances were summoned by the school administration and the students were rushed to the hospital," they added.
The parents of the children are also present at the hospital.
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Several killed in mass shooting in Israel's capital Tel Aviv
Moving away briefly from the Iranian missile attacks on Israel, in a separate incident, there has been a mass shooting in Tel Aviv, a BBC report stated.
Gunmen opened fire at people on a city street this evening, according to police, with Israeli media reporting that at least six people were killed.
At least seven others were reported to have been injured, and several are in a critical condition.
Images posted on social media showed the gunman shooting at bystanders and injured people lying on the ground at a railway station in the Jaffa area.
Police say two attackers were "neutralised" and describe the motive as "terror".
