- More than 100 children in Bihar, India, suffered badly after eating a snake, causing hospitalization
- India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) called for an investigation into the incident, emphasizing serious human rights violations if the reports were confirmed
- The traumatic incident sparked local protests, with villagers closing the highway demanding accountability from school principals
The Health Authority in India is investigating a controversial case in which hundreds of children ate a snake -conscious food at one school in Mokama, Bihar.
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More than 100 children who ate the poisonous food became ill, and at least two dozen needed to be hospitalized.
The incident took place on April 24, and since then it has caused great anger and anxiety.
According to CNN, the school cook gave lunch after removing the snake’s remains, not knowing that the food had been contaminated.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has since launched an investigation, and the commission says that if the reports are correct, it will represent a serious violation of children’s human rights.
After eating contaminated food, several children began to show symptoms such as dizziness and vomiting, which caused panic among parents.
Many affected children were rushed to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Anxiety while students were hospitalized after eating poisoned food
That traumatic event invented The procession In the community, the villagers closed the area in the area, claiming accountability from school principals.
In response, the NHRC appointed a two -week deadline for police in Bihar to submit a report on the incident, and encourage immediate updates on the health status of the affected children.
“NHRC India takes Suo Motu awareness of a media report about more than 100 children suffering from lunch in the Mamama area of Patna, Bihar,” The commission said. “The commission has noted that the contents, if true, raise the serious issue of human rights violations,” it added, as quoted by The Independent.
India’s medium -day meal program, which provides free food for children at school, is the world’s largest program.
It aims to improve nutrition and increase attendance at school, especially among vulnerable children.
The program was first launched in 1952 in the southern city of Chennai to address hunger and encourage enrollment at school.
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68 Embu Students do not have toxic food
In an earlier case of TUKO.co.ke, approximately 68 pupils from St Thomas Secondary School Aquinas Igumori in Embu were hospitalized after reportedly eating dirty meat during a school banquet.
The incident took place on Wednesday, February 7, during an encouraging ceremony in which the bull had been slaughtered.
When many students ate normal meat parts without a problem, those who ate the head of a boiled bull, especially the fourth -grade candidates, began to experience severe abdominal pain and diarrhea.
The head of the school Paul Mwaniki confirmed that 55 students were treated and later allowed, with 13 remaining under medical care, while three were in critical condition transferred to Embu Referral Hospital.
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