Indore: Two more children have died in the incident of suspected food poisoning at Indore's Shri Yugpurush Dham Baudhik Vikas Kendra, raising the toll to five, authorities said on Wednesday.
The number of children who are undergoing treatment for symptoms of food poisoning has also gone up to 38, with four of them in critical condition, district collector Asheesh Singh said on Wednesday.
All the children are undergoing treatment at Government Chacha Nehru Hospital in the city and four of them have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit ward.
Collector Asheesh Singh said, "A total of 38 children are undergoing treatment and of these four are admitted in the ICU ward. We will keep a close eye at the ashram for the next 48 hours if any symptoms are found in any children, they will be admitted to the hospital."
There are about 200 children in the ashram. It is operated by an NGO and children with disabilities and orphans used to live here. Their age ranges from five to 15 years. (with Agency inputs)
