Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has ordered a probe into the food poisoning incidents at Kayamkulam in Alappuzha and a suspected one at Uchakkada near the State capital.
Director of General Education Jeevan Babu K. has been tasked with the probe by the Minister at a high-level meeting to review the incidents. A preliminary probe has been conducted in both the incidents.
At Uchakada, Balaramapuram, near Thiruvananthapuram, 375 of the 420 student at the LM Lower Primary School had mid-day meal at the school on Thursday. As 31 students experienced vomiting, fever, and headache, they sought treatment around 10 p.m.. There are reports that students who brought food from home and had it there and those who had not come to school also fell ill and were taken to hospital. Though four students were admitted to hospital on Thursday night, they were discharged later.
