Chief Medical Officer (CMO) BK Rajaoura, however, claimed around 100 children were affected and were stable now. “The students reported of gastric irritation which is nothing to worry about. Three ambulances were stationed in the village to fetch children,” he said. The CMO said the students were in the Community Health Centre. The medicine was given to nearly 400 students because of the increasing number of malaria cases in the village which stands at 16. The children started vomiting and complained of stomach ache and giddiness. They were rushed to the Community Health Centre, Punhana. The parents accused the health authorities of negligence, claiming doctors who had given the medicine fled when one or two children complained of being unwell. “Shouldn’t they seek parent’s permission bef