140 Students Hospitalised After Lizard Found In Mid-Day Meal In 2 Separate Cases

In two separate incidents being reported from the state of Karnataka, at least 140 students were hospitalised, following suspicion of food poisoning due to the mid-day meals.

According to a report in News18, in both cases, the school students reported to have seen a lizard in the food they were served. However, what is odd is that the incident took place in two different districts of the state - Bagalkote and Ballary. 

In Chikkamagi government higher primary school in Hunagunda taluk in Bagalkote district, one student spotted a lizard in the food that he was served. A few other students are said to have started eating by the time he had alerted his teachers.

Students who had already eaten were made to throw up the food immediately. A hundred and five students from the school were then taken to the hospital for observation.

"All of them are out of danger. As a precautionary measure they were all brought to the hospital. Out of them, 101 were discharged. The other four would be discharged by Friday," Ananth Desai, DHO, Bagalkote, told CNN-News18.

In another similar incident from the government primary school in Siruguppa taluk in Bellary district, at least 40 students were taken to the hospital.

"There has been allergic reaction in kids after they had the mid-day meal in school. There was lizard in it is what they have said. Some of them had vomited. They could have diarrhoea too. But they are all safe. They have been given intravenous fluids," Arun Rangarajan, SP, Ballary, said.