Mumbai: Infected lung led to school girl's death, says forensic expert

Updated On: 11 August, 2018 06:23 PM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon

With 502 kids complaining of nausea, doctors suspect panic; post-mortem report of child who died points to TB as cause of death

Listen to this article :

Chandni's father Shahid Shaikh said she was fine till she took the tablet

The 14-year-old student who died after she, along with her classmates, was given folic acid and anti-worm tablets at a civic school at Govandi on Friday, was in fact suffering from a lung ailment. The preliminary autopsy late Friday evening stated that the cause of Chandni Shaikh's death was an 'infected lung'.

Children from Sanjay Nagar thronged Rajawadi Hospital with complaints of nausea and stomach ache yesterday. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar