[IAC#RG] Consume more toxic iron tablets to stay healthy says Congress

Consume more toxic iron tablets to stay healthy says Congress

Murali Krishnan | India News Political Bureau, Delhi, Wednesday July 24, 2013, 00:18 am (IST)

The Union Govt's answer to the spate of school children complaining of vomiting and nausea after being force fed Iron tablets is to insist that they must consume more of the toxic tablets.

At an official briefing yesterday, Dr. Ramji, Professor of Paediatrics from the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) discounted suggestions that a particular expired but repackaged batch of these iron tablets was responsible for the outbreak. He said the tablets were manufactured in June this year and could be safely consumed until 2015. The same batch of tablets was sent to all States but adverse effects were reported only from these two places as per him.

Today, 1,373 new cases of these toxic tablets were reported from North India, with children mainly from the state of Haryana complaining of abdominal pain and nausea. The opposition Bharatiya Janta Party was quick to point out that these cases were being reported exclusively from Congress ruled states of Delhi, Haryana and Maharashtra and insisted that supply of these tablets were a scandal which should be investigated by the CBI. In the meantime, parents of many young children in Congress ruled states are refusing to send their children to school.