16 Students Hospitalised Due to Suspected Food Poisoning in Mumbai's Civic-run School

Mumbai: A disturbing incident has arisen in Mumbai, where at least 16 students from a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation-run school fell ill after consuming a mid-day meal on Friday. Students from Classes 6 and 7 at a BMC school in Chembur’s Anik village were served the mid-day meal around 9:45 am on Friday. After consuming the meal, the students complained of vomiting and abdominal pain. They were promptly taken to the BMC-run Shatabdi Hospital. According to Jan Shatabdi Hospital’s Dean, Sunil Phakle, the students have been admitted to the pediatric ward, and their condition is stable.

“16 students were brought to the hospital after they complained of vomiting and abdominal pain following the mid-day meal at school. They have been admitted to the pediatric ward. Their condition is stable,” Phakle told ANI.

Notably, the civic school located caters to over 180 students spanning from classes 1 to 8.

According to an official speaking to news agency PTI, samples of the midday meal were collected by the Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration and sent to a forensic laboratory for analysis.