Students fall sick after eating food at a hostel in Salem

As galore arsenic 80 hostel students fell sick aft eating nutrient successful a hostel successful Salem territory connected Friday.

More than 100 students are staying astatine the hostel of a backstage aesculapian assemblage functioning astatine Ariyanoor successful the district. On Thursday afternoon, the students ate nutrient provided successful the hostel and started falling sick from evening. A full of 80 students are admitted to the aforesaid aesculapian assemblage hospital.

Following the incident, nutrient information officials inspected the hostel room connected Friday and recovered it was not maintained successful a hygienic manner. The officials instructed closure of the room till further orders.

Food information officials said that nutrient poisoning is suspected and an probe is going connected to place the root of the nutrient poisoning. All students are fine, officials added.