Three Children Among Four Critical After Eating Urea Mistaken For Sugar In Odisha’s Deogarh

Deogarh: Three children and an elderly woman were admitted to hospital in a critical condition on Friday after eating flattened rice mixed with urea mistaken for sugar at Bamparada village in Odisha’s Deogarh district.

The children were identified as five-year-old Pinku Behera, 15-month-old Sushama Gochhayat and 13-month-old Aruni Behera. The woman, identified as Jamuna, is the grandmother of the children.

They were rushed to the Bamparada Community Health Centre (CHC), from where they were shifted to the Deogarh District Headquarters Hospital (DHH).