INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
GURGAON: A Class 7 student of a CBSE school in Faridabad died on Thursday morning, a day after she had vomited during class and while
returning home in the bus.The girl's parents accused the school authorities of negligence, alleging that they were kept in the dark about
her health even after she informed her class teacher that she wasn't feeling well on Wednesday morning
The girl, Aradhya Khandelwal, was made to sit in the class until she completed her maths test and then allowed to go to the infirmary, they
added.A mother of one of the girl's classmates said the 11-year-old wasn't feeling well from the morning itself
"My daughter was Aradhya's best friend
She told me that when the girl informed her class teacher that she was feeling nauseous, she was asked to go to the washroom
Aradhya was then made to sit through the test despite feeling uneasy
All through, she was sweating," the mother told TOI.At one point, Aradhya wasn't able to walk on her own and appeared drowsy
"She couldn't keep her eyes open," the mother said, quoting her daughter.She questioned the school's decision not to inform the girl's
"That is the first thing they should have done
The class teacher was aware of her condition
They sent her to the sick room, but chose to ignore the symptoms for hours," she added.The Class 7 student stayed in the school until the
classes were over for the day at 1.30pm
On her way back home, she vomited again in the bus and was scolded by the driver for making the seats dirty.Abhilash Khandelwal, Aradhya's
father, said she just asked for lemon water after returning home
"An hour later - around 3.30pm - she rushed to the washroom and vomited again
That is when we realised that she wasn't well
But we thought it was the first time that day that she had puked
We had no idea about what had happened in the school," said Khandelwal, an electrical engineer and a resident of Sector 19.The girl's
parents informed their family paediatrician, who prescribed a few medicines and an ORS solution
"We asked her about her health when we found that her uniform was a bit dirty
She said she felt like going to the washroom repeatedly, but did not reveal anything about going to the infirmary," her father said.Later in
the evening, she told her parents she was feeling better and went to sleep
On Thursday morning - around 6 - Aradhya started vomiting again
Her parents took her to a nearby hospital, where an ECG was done
Doctors found no pulse and declared her dead.The parents said their daughter could have been given timely treatment had the school informed
them about her health the previous morning
"We had no idea that our child was feeling this ill in class on Wednesday
She was fine when she left for school in the morning," Khandelwal sobbed.The school principal told TOI they would fulfil all the legal
formalities and cooperate with any investigation that was launched
The girl's parents met the principal and the class teacher and were assured of an internal inquiry."We will do whatever is deemed
The incident is unfortunate, but it occurred long after she had left the school," the principal said.The paediatrician who prescribed the
medicines said he gave instructions only on the basis of what was told to him over the phone by Aradhya's father
"All the symptoms pointed to dehydration," the doctor said.The girl's parents refused to get an autopsy done
Till late on Sunday evening, they were yet to lodge a police complaint either
The family, however, took to Twitter to list the allegations against the school authorities.
