16 students hospitalised after consuming mid-day meals at civic-run school in Mumbai

At least 16 students of a civic-run school in Mumbai were hospitalised on Friday after they fell sick owing to suspected food poisoning. According to officials, the incident was reported from the city's Govandi area.

Several students of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's school at Anik village complained of symptoms like stomach



soon after they were served a midday meal around 9.45 am.

"Nine boys and seven girls were admitted to the BMC's Shatabdi Hospital. They are undergoing treatment and their condition is stable," officials said. The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration collected samples of the midday meal and sent them to a forensic laboratory.