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Union Health Minister JP Nadda constituted a five-member committee of AIIMS doctors to deal with New Delhi’s gas leak incident affecting over 300 school children. The team of doctors is headed by Dr Y K Gupta, head of department of pharmacology at AIIMS in New Delhi.
Over 300 students and 9 teachers of a school located in Delhi’s Tughlakabad area were admitted to hospital following complaints of eye irritation due to gas leakage from a nearby container depot.
The students of Rani Jhansi School were taken to a nearby hospital immediately for medical aid. Till evening, maximum students have gone back to home and few are still under observation in hospitals.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said, strict action will be taken against those found guilty in the gas leakage incident that led to the hospitalization of students. Delhi Government has asked the District Magistrate to investigate into the matter.
Delhi Police have registered an FIR in the matter under various sections of IPC and the Environment (Protection) Act. The gas leak was reported from a container depot next to Rani Jhansi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya and Senior Kanya Vidyalaya in Tughlakabad area.
National Disaster Response Force, NDRF officials also reached the location to control the leak. According to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the chemical agent involved is likely to be cholo-methyl-pyridine, which is an eye and respiratory irritant.