Tribal girl dies for lack of treatment, headmistress suspended

A class VII ailing girl student of a residential tribal welfare school died allegedly due to lack of timely medical help, following which the school headmistress has been suspended, officials said today.
Latha Durga Jyothi was suffering from fever and vomiting since December 21, but the school authorities allegedly neither informed her parents nor the doctors about her health, they said.
However, later some residential school students apparently informed about Jyothi's illness to her parents, who live in a nearby village, following which they rushed to the school and admitted her to a local private hospital on Friday.
As her condition deteriorated, the parents shifted to another hospital on Saturday where she died, Integrated Tribal Development Agency, Rampachodavaram, project officer R Chakaradhara Rao said.

After taking note of the incident, the school headmistress was suspended for dereliction on duty, he said.
A medical examination of other girl students in the school was being conducted, he added.