Hyderabad: A lizard was allegedly found in the breakfast served to students of a girls' hostel attached to a government school in Telangana's Medak district on Tuesday, an official said.
About 17 students who had breakfast were taken to a primary health center in Ramayampet mandal and two students among them who had stomach pain were shifted to another hospital. The remaining 15 students were discharged from the health center, they said.
A cook and a kitchen assistant were fired for alleged negligence after a "lizard" was found at breakfast, while the caretaker and special officer of the model school girls' hostel were given show-cause notices, the Officer said. Medak District Education Office (DEO).
The DEO dismissed reports that appeared in a section of the media that the students had fallen ill due to food poisoning.
The DEO, which investigated the matter, in a report submitted to senior officials, including the district collector, said that when upma was served to the students, one of the students noticed a "lizard" in the breakfast.
Immediately, the caretaker ordered all the students to stop eating and then took 17 students who had eaten the dish to the nearby Primary Health Center in Ramayampet.
Later, 70 students were also taken to the health center for monitoring.
The doctor examined all the students and kept them under observation for six hours to look for symptoms such as vomiting, loose movements, and high fever that would indicate food poisoning. However, no such symptoms were observed, according to the report.
"Except two students who were suffering from stomach pain, the remaining 15 students were discharged from the hospital. Both students were shifted to the district central hospital in Medak," the DEO said in the report.
Meanwhile, a video purportedly showing a rat running through a bowl of cooked food in the hostel canteen of a state engineering college in Sangareddy district went viral on social media on Tuesday.
An official from Sangareddy district told the media that after some students posted the video, they visited the institute to inspect it and verify the facts.
About 17 students who had breakfast were taken to a primary health center in Ramayampet mandal and two students among them who had stomach pain were shifted to another hospital. The remaining 15 students were discharged from the health center, they said.
A cook and a kitchen assistant were fired for alleged negligence after a "lizard" was found at breakfast, while the caretaker and special officer of the model school girls' hostel were given show-cause notices, the Officer said. Medak District Education Office (DEO).
The DEO dismissed reports that appeared in a section of the media that the students had fallen ill due to food poisoning.
The DEO, which investigated the matter, in a report submitted to senior officials, including the district collector, said that when upma was served to the students, one of the students noticed a "lizard" in the breakfast.
Immediately, the caretaker ordered all the students to stop eating and then took 17 students who had eaten the dish to the nearby Primary Health Center in Ramayampet.
Later, 70 students were also taken to the health center for monitoring.
The doctor examined all the students and kept them under observation for six hours to look for symptoms such as vomiting, loose movements, and high fever that would indicate food poisoning. However, no such symptoms were observed, according to the report.
"Except two students who were suffering from stomach pain, the remaining 15 students were discharged from the hospital. Both students were shifted to the district central hospital in Medak," the DEO said in the report.
Meanwhile, a video purportedly showing a rat running through a bowl of cooked food in the hostel canteen of a state engineering college in Sangareddy district went viral on social media on Tuesday.
An official from Sangareddy district told the media that after some students posted the video, they visited the institute to inspect it and verify the facts.
