At least 100 children have been admitted to different hospitals in Agra after eating mid-day meal served at a government school on Wednesday.
The reports suggest that students started vomiting after drinking milk. They have been rushed to different hospitals in Agra.
"The children had milk in their mid day meal and then started vomiting blood says kin of one of the children in Agra," ANI reported.
"20-25 children have been hospitalized, rest of the children being rushed to different hospitals in Agra," it added.
Close to 100 children rushed to hospitals in Agra due to food poisoning after consuming mid day meal
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 30, 2015
20-25 children have been hospitalized, rest of the children being rushed to different hospitals in Agra pic.twitter.com/z4wluI5Cus — ANI (@ANI_news) September 30, 2015
The children had milk in their mid day meal and then started vomiting blood says kin of one of the children in Agra pic.twitter.com/xaIj2BmRVh
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 30, 2015
Several cases of mid-day meal food poisoning surface in India every year.
At least 82 children had fallen ill after consuming the mid-day meal served at government primary school in Chinhat area of Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow city on 2 September. District Magistrate had asked the food safety department to test the food samples.
In a similar incident in Madhya Pradesh last month, at least 52 children fell unconscious after eating the mid-day meal served at a government school in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. Students were saved in both the cases.
The government schools across India offer free meal to students everyday under the mid-day meal scheme. The government has time and again faced backlash as cases of food poisoning continue to surface.
