Plans to celebrate Mahasivaratri at the Saifabad PG hostel turned out
bad as 30 students ended up in hospital. 12 students are still
undergoing treatment while the rest of them were discharged. After
having dinner on Saturday night, a few students had fallen sick and
complained of stomach pain. Later, they purchased some tablets from a
local chemist and consumed it. On Monday morning, the health of 30
students deteriorated as they started vomiting and had loose motion,''
said Mallikarjun, a student staying at the hostel. "After finishing
lunch today, about 30 students fell sick. We alerted the hostel warden
but he did not come to to the hostel. So, we ourselves shifted them to
the Fever Hospital in Nallakunta," he added. Mallikarjun said all
hostellers had convened a meeting a few days ago and decided to
celebrate Mahasivaratri on the premises. The mess staff had served rice,
dal, sambar, potato curry and curd and a sweet for lunch. The students
undergoing treatment at the hospital are- B Sekhar, Naresh (both PG
students) and degree final year students Gadhi Srinivas Reddy,
Sivakurma, Santaiah, Lokeswar, Ramesh, Srinivas, Hanumanth, Rajasekhar,
Somasekhar and Madhukar. Doctors at the Fever Hospital said that their
condition is stable. Meanwhile, Osmania University vice-chancellor Prof S
Satyanarayana constituted a committee comprising three members
including the chief warden to look into the issue and directed them to
submit a report within a week. Satyanarayana visited the hospital on
Monday and inquired about the health of the sick students. During his
interaction, some students vented anger on hostel warden Dr Nathanil,
who is also a professor at the Saifabad PG College. They complained that
Nathanil had failed to provide hygienic food to students. Prof
Parthasarathi, college principal said they provided hygienic and tasty
food every day and it was the first time students fell sick. A team
comprising senior food inspectors of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal
Corporation also visited the hostel on Monday and collected drinking
water and food samples served to students on Monday.
By Mouli Mareedu
moulimareedu@gmail.com
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