Mahanthamma Shivappa Talawar, a Class II student who was critically injured after falling into a hot Sambar vessel at midday meal kitchen attached to Chinmmgera Government Higher Primary School in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district, died at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday.
The eight-year-old girl had accidentally slipped into a hot Sambar vessel in the school while serving a midday meal at the Government Higher Primary School in Chinmmgera village. She sustained 40% burn injuries on Thursday. She 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.