Bhubaneswar: Four days after a suspected food poisoning incident at a government-run residential school in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, two students were shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on Thursday.

These two students, identified as Ramesh Murmu and Laxmi Tudu, were undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the PRM Medical College and Hospital at Baripada.

“The two students, a boy and a girl, were shifted to SCBMCH in Cuttack for better treatment,” said Professor Braja Kishore Das, the Dean of PRM Medical College and Hospital.

As many as 148 students of the residential school, located in Rasgovindpur area of Mayurbhanj, had developed health complications after allegedly consuming stale food on April 12.

The affected students were admitted to Rasgovindpur Community Health Centre (CHC) and PRM Medical College and Hospital. A student, identified as Rupali Besra, died while under treatment on the same day.

The student’s death triggered massive public outrage in the locality.

Taking the incident seriously, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has asked Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) Sudhanshu Mohan Samal to probe the incident.  

As per reports, around 60 affected students are still undergoing treatment at PRM Medical College and Hospital.