Students fall ill after taking folic acid tablets

Over 300 students of a school have fallen ill after they were given iron folic acid tablets on an empty stomach under a National Rural Health Mission scheme in Sonitpur district on Wednesday.
The girl students of four schools at Gohpur and one at Tezpur were given the tablets to prevent anaemia under the NRHM scheme but they complained of stomach-ache, nausea and in some cases also vomiting. According to reports, the girls, in the age-group of 10 to 18 years, were administered the tablet on an empty stomach which led to the problem but this was a
temporary condition and not very serious.