60 students hospitalized for food poisoning

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About 60 students who had participated in a night class for the Year 5 scholarship examination at the Wilgamuwa Handungamuwa Vidyalaya have fallen ill due to alleged food poisoning.

The students had been admitted to Handungamuwa hospital and hospital sources claimed they were suffering from diarrhea.

The students’ parents claim that they had been provided with a dinner packet and a glass of milk by the Zonal Education Office last night. (Pix and Tex by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa)

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