Over 25 Girls Fall Ill After Taking Deworming Medicine at Madhya Pradesh School

SIDHI: More than 25 girl students fell ill after allegedly consuming deworming medicine given to them at a government school in

Madhya Pradesh

's Sidhi district on Tuesday, an official said. The incident occurred at the

Government Model School

in

Khajuri

.
Talking to reporters, the district hospital's civil surgeon,

Deeparani Israni

, said the students were given Albendazole tablets for deworming at the school.

More than 25 girls came to the hospital for treatment, and they were all out of danger, she said.
One of the girls at the school said anganwadi workers gave the tablets to students, and those who consumed the medicine fell ill within half an hour.
The tablets were given to students from Classes 6 to 12, she said.