KOLLAM: 12 girl students from Asramam nursing college were hospitalized for food poisoning. It is doubted that the lunch from the college hostel resulted in the girls developing vomiting and later fainting in exhaustion.
Yesterday evening at 4 pm, two girls fainted inside the hostel while another eight students developed serious headaches and vomiting. All 10 students were taken to the district hospital. Late into the night, more girls from the hostel were admitted here. According to the students, it may be the Tuna fish curry that did the trick, hospitalizing all. The hostel officials usually buy fish from the same lady for years and hitherto had no such troubles. The health department reached the hostel and took samples from the curry.