Five more Sainik school students hospitalised

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Press Trust of India Coimbatore
Last Updated : Jul 16 2016 | 5:22 PM IST
A day after an 11-year-old student of Sainik school in Tirupur district died and 24 others were hospitalised due to suspected food poisoning and fever, five more students were admitted to a hospital here today with similar complaints.
The five students were admitted to Government Hospital in Tirupur, even as 17 of the 24 students who were admitted there discharged, police said.
Siddarth, a student of class VI, vomited and swooned soon after taking some food yesterday. The boy died before he was taken to hospital, police had said.
An investigation was on to ascertain the exact cause of death, they said.
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First Published: Jul 16 2016 | 5:22 PM IST

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