50 students fall sick after meals in Shimla

Just after their meal, around 50 students in Shimla were rushed to hospital after they complaint of vomiting and stomach ache.

Shimla, April 21: Over 50 students of the Jaypee University of Information Technology near Shimla have been hospitalised following suspected food poisoning, a senior doctor said on Friday.

"The students were admitted on Thursday night," Shimla's Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital Senior Medical Superintendent Ramesh Chand told IANS.

After taking meals the students had developed restlessness, abdominal discomfort and generalised weakness. "They started coming to hospital in groups at around 2 am," he added.

Their condition have started improving, he said.

The prestigious JUIT is located in Waknaghat in Solan district, some 25 km from the state capital.

IANS