A Class 8 student, Bishwarupa Behera, died after collapsing during classes at Kamala Model Girls' High School in Ayatan village, under Rajkanika block of Kendrapada district in Odisha. The incident was reported on Monday, and her family has questioned the circumstances in which she died, calling for a full investigation.
According to the reporting, Bishwarupa, a resident of Mahadeadia village, fell unconscious in her classroom. The family has alleged that the school did not immediately take her to a hospital. Instead, the school informed her parents, and the family first took her to a nearby medicine shop. An ambulance was called only after local residents staged protests at the school, and she was taken to the Rajkanika Community Health Centre, where doctors declared her dead.
The school has offered differing explanations for the collapse. One account given by the school said the girl had been talking about firecrackers. Another said she had a history of seizures. The reporting does not explain why the two accounts differ, and the school's position on the sequence of events remains unclear.
The family has said it doubts the circumstances of the death and has urged authorities to review the school's CCTV footage, which it believes may show what happened before the collapse. The exact cause of death has not yet been established, and further medical details are awaited. What occurred in the period before Bishwarupa fell ill also remains unclear on the basis of the information available so far.
The death has drawn attention to the response of school staff in a medical emergency, particularly the delay in transporting a child who had lost consciousness to a hospital. The case raises questions that the family says must be answered through an independent and proper inquiry, and that will depend on the medical findings and any footage that may be examined.
Source: sambadenglish.com
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