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<div>At least nineteen students of a school have fallen ill in Maharashtra and had to be hospitalised after apparently consuming an excessive dose of anti-anaemia tablets without supervision. The students were from the Zilla Parishad school of the state&rsquo;s Chandrapur district.</div>
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<div>Students are given iron tablets every Monday. However, some students from the ZP school reportedly consumed more such tablets on Tuesday when the teachers were not around.</div>
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<div>An investigation has been ordered after the incident was reported from Bhamdeli village in Bhadravati tehsil.</div>
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<div>A total of 19 students complained of nausea, dizziness, and felt &ldquo;extremely unwell&rdquo; on Wednesday night. The school administration then called for ambulances and got them admitted to the Chandrapur District Hospital, said Ashok Katare, district health officer of Zilla Parishad.</div>
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<div>According to the doctors, 16 students are in stable condition. Three are under observation, they said.</div>
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<div>ZP Chief Executive Officer Pulkit Singh has ordered a high-level probe into the matter, said officials.</div>

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Maharashtra: 19 students hospitalised due to overdose of tablets

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