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20 Goa students hospitalised after eating mid-day meal

  •   Fri, Jul 19 2013 03:34:41 PM

Panaji, Jul 19 (IANS): Twenty primary students from a school in Ponda were Friday rushed to hospital after they complained of stomach pain and vomiting after eating a mid-day meal.

An education department official said the students were eating a meal comprising vegetable and lentil curry at the St. Joseph High School in Usgao in Ponda sub-district, 30 km from here.

"They have been immediately shifted to the Ponda ID (Infectious Diseases) hospital for treatment. It appears to be a case of food poisoning," the official said.

The incident comes barely days after 23 school children in Bihar's Saran district died after eating contaminated food.

On June 27, at least 23 school students similarly fell ill after eating a mid-day meal at Canacona, 70 km south of here.
  

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  • Yamby, Qatar / Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    I can't understand why it is spreading like a decease, from Bihar to, Chennai, Belgaum, Goa etc.

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  • simple, Bangalore

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Where ever the midday food is served in schools to children, it should be made mandatory for the H\M, teachers and the cooks to consume same before serving to children.
    Then all these problems will be solved. All will take care to get good food items\oil, clean place for cooking and storage...
    Everyone trying to pocket as much as possible, by buying out-dated food items or cheap adulterated items.
    Those responsible should be taken to task and not just let them go.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    When it happened in Bihar the BJP said it is Nitish Failure, now it is happening in GOA, So Goa is ruled by the BJP, now what will the BJP say?...

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  • Praveen Kumaresh, Bengaluru.

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    This is one of the tricks of Fundamentalists to keep away the poor Children from going to school and getting modern education and becoming wise & Broad minded.
    Malala Please note - In your Pakistan and Nigeria fundamentalists directly shoot the children, but in India they feed Poison.

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  • G Z T Kunte, Udupi

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Please find out whether it is the packed food supplied by Kristy Fried Gram Ltd from Karnatka (Originally from Coimbatore) because, many pregnant women from Bidar & Gulbarga suffered Miscarriage after eating Kristy Fried Gram Foods supplied to those poor women through Anganwadis of Karnataka and many school children had fallen ill after eating the same in those districts.

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  • Dr S Kamath, Mumbai

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    It is high time the Mid Day Meal Contract should be given to Catering companies with Hifgh Reputation like sodexo,Compassindia or to Instituitions like Ramakrishna Mission or ISKON

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  • Sarika, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Hope alL the kids willl get well soon
    Its better to stop mid day meals

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  • Valerian DSouza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Very surprising, food poisoning has become everyday affair!
    Hope it is not sabotage!
    For negligence can be taken care by strict vigil!
    Very sad, our future generation's lives are not safe in the hands of their own guardians!
    How are we to be sure of our borders?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    These RASCALS should not play politics with the life's of innocent children.
    Whoever has done it will die a LEAPERS death........

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  • Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Yes Sir. Opposition party congress is playing with the life of kids..

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  • juliet mascarenhas, bejai mangalore

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Prey to Jossey's curse will speak the truth.

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  • J N Lobo, Mumbai

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    “On June 27, at least 23 school students similarly fell ill after eating a mid-day meal at Canacona”. Was there a proper investigation and remedial action to avoid recurrence? Probably NO. This is spreading like a virus. In this week we heard 27 children died after consuming midday meal (organo-phosphate poison) at Chapra, Bihar 50 students fell ill after eating midday meal (dead lizard) at Madhubani, Bihar 34 children at an adivashi ashram school had diarrhoea and vomiting after drinking contaminated water near Dhule in Maharashtra 143 girl students fell ill after consuming eggs served in their meal at Neyveli in Tamil Nadu 8 students of Sarvodaya Kanya Mahavidyalaya are in hospital after taking iron tablets given by school at New Delhi 49 students of a private school near Solapur fell il after consuming iron tablets distributed by their school near Solapur, Maharashtra Insects were found in food during inspection in a govt school in Amritsar, Punjab. It is happening everywhere. Food adultrators, profiteers want to fill their coffers even at the expense of poor, innocent children’s lives.

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  • SUJITH POLALI, mangalore

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Poor kids are suffering its better to stop mid day meal ,more than polticians pepole are much intrsted in politics i guess sum of commenters are only comenting to support thier parties

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  • juliet mascarenhas, bejai mangalore

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Similar to series of bomb blast. Modernisation of terrorism.

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    It has been once again proved that invisible HAND go any extent.......

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  • stan, dubai

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Thanks jeeven, this time you changed the style of your comments, otherwise you normal give comments "jeevan, mangaloreFriday, July 19, 2013
    Congi stay away from your third class politics..
    We urge congi to abstain from revenge politics...

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Mr. Stan..
    why should i spare congi... Is not congi blamed Modiji for Buddh gaya blast & mid day meal issues... Is not played third class politics in Ishrat encounter ??? Is not congi demoralized our security forces ??? Is not congi played with minority community sentiment refer modiiji puppy remark ??? Do you feel honestly CONGI PLAY Raja Dharma ?????????

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  • SURESH MAROLI, MANGALORE/BAHRAIN

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    LAVIN NORONHA, PALADKA,
    DONT GIVE NONSENSE COMMENTS, INNOCENT KIDS LOST THEIR LIVES. IT IS BCOZ OF CONG IN CENTRE. IF ONE OF YOUR UR FLY MEMBER AMONG THE VICTIMS U WONT GIV SUCH COMMENTS.

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  • Lavin Noronha, Paladka

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Soon after BJP was booted out in Bihar.. Midday meals became deadly meals.. in Bihar, in Tamilnadu now in Goa next it could be MP... is there any progression in these?

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Fri, Jul 19 2013

    Food poisoning in schools on consuming the mid day meal has bsecome the order of the day from Bihar,Tamilnadu and now in Goa.This is really one of the best schemes of the government to the deserving poor school children.Bitter, we utilise the services of NGO's in this work including nuns who are really works good for the social causes.Immediate changes and attention is required before the situation go out of control.Hope for the best.Thanq.

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