Haryana: 300 children suffer nausea consuming iron tablets

Hisar/Jind: Nearly 300 students, including 150 girls, suffered from nausea and complained of vomiting after consuming iron tablets in government schools in several districts of Haryana, officials said on Tuesday.

The folic acid (iron) tablets were given to them as part of Haryana Health Department's supplementation programme to combat anaemia, they said.

There was no major cause for worry as the students had minor side effects after consuming the tablets, the officials said.

Around 150 students, all of them girls, fell sick in Jind, 96 in Hisar and 50 in Sonipat. Most of them were discharged after treatment, the officials said.

The weekly iron folic acid supplementation programme was started on Monday by the National Rural Health Mission in the state.

Fifteen lakh children were administered the tablets in schools in 20 districts yesterday, the officials said.