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Odisha student dies after collapsing following school meal
A 13-year-old Class 8 student died after collapsing at Government Boys High School in Bhuban, Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, on Wednesday afternoon. Police said Mangaraj Sathua Mohapatra fell while walking towards the wash…
The Story in Brief
A 13-year-old Class 8 student died after collapsing at Government Boys High School in Bhuban, Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, on Wednesday afternoon. Police said Mangaraj Sathua Mohapatra fell while walking towards the wash area after eating the midday meal and drinking water. School staff took him to Bhuban Community Health Centre, where doctors declared him dead. Police registered an unnatural death case and sent the body for postmortem. The family told police that Mangaraj had a history of epilepsy. Doctors suspected asphyxia, but the exact cause will be known after the postmortem report, according to Odisha TV, citing police. The inquiry is continuing.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that the meal caused the death would be premature, just as dismissing the incident as a routine medical episode would be careless. The reported epilepsy history and the suspected asphyxia both require medical confirmation. The school’s response, the meal’s safety records and the postmortem findings should be examined without speculation. The report that matters now is the postmortem conclusion, not social media certainty.
Source: odishatv.in
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