Around 50 students complained of stomach ache and vomiting after consuming the mid-day meal at a primary school in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district on Tuesday. The students of the primary school in Dumra block of Sitamarhi district were referred to Sadar Hospital where the doctor said that the condition of children were stable and were being kept under observation. According to Sudha Jha from Sadar Hospital, the children complained that a chameleon was found in the mid-day meal that they consumed.
"They have complained that a chameleon was found in the mid-day meal. They had consumed the same food,” Sudha Jha from Sadar Hospital told news agency ANI.
“All the children here are stable and symptom-free. We have kept them under observation. Everything is normal now. Their parents are with them. There is nothing to worry about,” she added.
Last month, around 70 students from a government school in southwest Delhi's Dabri region were hospitalised after consuming a mid-day meal.
The Delhi government promptly responded to the situation by issuing a show cause notice to the mid-day meal provider implicated in the incident, as per a PTI report.
A crime team was dispatched by the police in response to the incident to secure remnants of the food and juice for further investigation.
"Puri subji was served in the mid-day meal followed by soya juice to the students. When the students complained about pain, further distribution of food and juice was stopped. All students are stable as of now," Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Manoj C had confirmed.
In June this year, 21 students from a government school in Maharashtra's Nanded were rushed to hospital after a dead lizard was found in the mid-day meal served to them.
Upon the consumption of the mid-day meal, 21 out of 86 students were rushed to hospital after their health deteriorated, according to another PTI report.