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Shocking! Nearly 100 School Children Land in Hospital After Eating School Meal

Posted by Samuel on Thu 25th Feb, 2016 - tori.ng

Almost 100 school children have found themselves in hospital after consuming the midday school meal.

Indian school children (file photo)

Nearly 100 Indian school children were hospitalised on Thursday after eating a free midday meal at a government-run school near Mumbai.

A case of food poisoning is being suspected.

According to AFP, the situation was revealed by the police who added that some of them were in a critical condition.

Talking about the sad event, Shrikrishna Kokate, deputy police chief of Palghar district in the western state of Maharashtra, said: “Ninety-seven have been admitted to hospital, some of them are critical. They started vomiting after eating their midday meal.”