Eleven children today fell ill after they were administered deworming medicine under a state government's health scheme at Sultanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district, officials said.
Around 122 students of a government school in the village were administered deworming medicine under 'ashirvad guarantee swasthya yojna' by a team of doctors belonging to Dharmapur primary health centre.
A little after being given the medicines, eight children started vomiting, CMO Dr T N Singh said.
Some others fell ill after reaching home, he said, adding that 11 children, studying in class VII and VIII, were admitted to district hospital.
"As the medicine was administered after the meal, some of the children started vomiting," he said.