10 girls treated, 1 hospitalized after iron pill distribution in school

Surendranagar

11 girls in Khodu village high school of Vadhvan taluka in Surendranagar district were unconcious after they consumed iron tablets supplied by the state government through school.

To fight deficiency of iron in female students, the government supplies iron tablets through schools. Such tablets are given to female students once every week. Accordingly Khodu high school distributed tablets on Wednesday, after which 11 girls in standard 9th and 10th went unconscious. They were treated in Khodu primary health centre and relieved.

One girl among them, Dharti Ashokbhai,students of standard 10th was found in need of further medical attention. She was referred to Surendranagar based TB hospital through ‘108’ emergency ambulance service.

– DeshGujarat