#Bihar: 45 students taken ill due to suspected food poisoning

As many as 45 students of a residential minority seminary were taken ill due to suspected food poisoning in Bihar’s Purnia district, a medical officer said today. The incident took place at Jamia Milia Bada Madarsa at Dagarua Bazar last night as 45 students reported symptoms of vomiting and loose motion soon after having dinner at the residential school, the Civil Surgeon Dr. MM Wasim said. A doctor from the block hospital was initially called but soon after a medical team comprising doctors and four ambulances from Sadar hospital, reached there to begin treatment of the ailing students, he said.