Altogether 50 students of two schools in Assam's Charaideo district were taken ill on Saturday purportedly after consuming iron-folic acid (IFA) tablets provided by Health department workers, official sources said.
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The students were taken to the Sonari Civil Hospital, where they were treated and discharged later.
The officials said a health workers' team from Batau sub-centre under Patsaku Block primary health centre distributed IFA tablets to 75 students of Kheranipathar Lower Primary School and 26 students of Nimalia Lower Primary School.
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The tablets were distributed in presence of teachers and the children were advised not to consume them on an empty stomach.
After a while, the health team received information from the school authorities that two children from each school were vomiting and complaining of abdominal pain.
{{/usCountry}}After a while, the health team received information from the school authorities that two children from each school were vomiting and complaining of abdominal pain.
{{/usCountry}}"They were immediately taken to Sonari Civil Hospital and further health intervention. Later, 48 more children were taken to the hospital for examination," a source said.
A health department release said the situation is being closely monitored.
IFA tablets are given to children by the government as iron-folic acid supplements.