TIA NEWS /
More than 500 school children in South 24-Parganas and Purba Medinipur districts in West Bengal fall ill Wednesday after they were administered anti-worm medicines at their schools. The state administration has suspended the administration of the medication in the schools.
The state Director of Health Services, Vishwaranjan Satpathi has been asked to inquire into the incident and file a report. The Official sources informed that Health officers in all the districts have also been alerted and asked to file reports in this regard.
The sources in the State Secretariat, Nabanna, confirmed media that most of the cases have been reported from Basanti and adjoining blocks in South 24-Parganas and Panshkura, Debra and Kolaghat areas of Purba Medinipur.
Special medical teams were rushed by the state health department to various schools in the affected areas. A number of the seriously affected boys and girls have been admitted to various health centres and hospitals in both the districts with symptoms of vomiting and dizziness.