Girl dies, 160 students hospitalised after consuming iron tablets

A girl student of a civic body-run school in Mumbai died on Friday while over 160 other students were hospitalised due to suspected poisoning after they took iron-boosting medicines given by the school.
 

The 12-year-old girl was administered iron and folic acid tablets on Monday at the Municipal Urdu School Number 2 at Bainganwadi in suburban Govandi, a statement from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said, reports Deccan Chronicle.

BM C's statement said that the students of BMC-run schools were given iron, folic acid and deworming tablets as part of a Central government scheme aimed at fighting anaemia among children.