A Class II student at Chimanagera Government Higher Primary School in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district was critically injured after she accidentally slipped into a hot sambar vessel at the midday meal preparation kitchen attached to the school on Thursday.
Mahanthamma Jamadar, who sustained 40% burn injuries, was immediately rushed to a Primary Health Centre at Choudapur where she received first aid and later shifted to Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences in Kalaburagi for further treatment. On the insistence of the parents, the student was later shifted to Basaveshwara Hospital in Kalaburagi on Friday. As per the hospital authorities, the condition of the patient was stable.
As per the available information Kasturibai Talakeri, the head cook who was supposed to prepare the meal, was off duty without any prior intimation and the school authorities did not have any mechanism in place to prepare food in the absence of the official cook.
