Overview
- Police and hospital officials reported 60 cases of vomiting and related symptoms in separate incidents on December 12 at a government primary school in Madhapur and a minority residential school in Bagh Lingampally.
- At MPPS Chandra Naik Thanda, 44 students fell ill after a sweet served with the mid-day meal, with 38 treated at Area Hospital Kondapur and six admitted to a private hospital.
- The six students admitted to the corporate hospital were expected to be discharged on December 13, and doctors said the remaining children were stable or already recovering.
- Sixteen students from the Telangana Minority Residential School were treated at King Koti for mild gastroenteritis and dehydration, with no serious cases reported.
- Education officials said the Kondapur school’s meals come from a centralised Akshaya Patra kitchen, samples tested normal, and investigations now focus on meal handling, water quality, and hygiene against the backdrop of similar incidents reported last month in Telangana.