Gujarat: Class 12 student falls sick during board exam, dies in hospital

A student of SG Patel High School, Arif was writing Accounts paper at Sheth CL High School when he experienced bouts vomiting around 4.30 pm.

“He splashed some water on his face and continued to write his exam,” one of the teachers on duty at the examination centre said.

“After some time, he started sweating badly. Looking at his condition, the exam supervisor informed the principal who called 108 for an ambulance at around 4.38 pm,” said Hitendra Padheria, Ahmedabad city district education officer (DEO).

“Within a few minutes the ambulance arrived and he was rushed to Shardaben General hospital in Saraspur along with a teacher. He was put on a ventilator while his parents were informed,” the DEO said adding the boy died of what seemed to be a cardiac arrest, during treatment.

Dr Kulbhushan Nayak, incharge assistant resident medical officer at Shardaben Chimanlal Lalbhai Municipal General Hospital, refused to divulge details and said that the “probable cause of death can only be determined after postmortem report”.

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) examinations for Class 10 and 12 commenced Monday.

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GHSHEB) in a release stated, “It is stated with grief that during the second session of Class 12 general stream, a student at Gomtipur’s (Ahmedabad) examination centre of Sheth CL High School was rushed to the nearest hospital by 108 ambulance because of ill health. There he died during his treatment. The board expresses grief at this incident.”