Several school students fell ill during a campaign for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Bihar's Patna district on Wednesday (February 25, 2026), an official said.
The incident occurred in Ganpat Rai Tola of Athmalgola locality when the students consumed a medicine as part of the Mass Drug Administration campaign and were taken ill, he said.
The illness is said to be a side-effect of Albendazole medicine, administered to the school students under the MDA programme, the health department official said.
"Several children fell ill at a primary school in Ganpat Rai Tola, where our MDA campaign was underway. They are now safe and have no complications," the medical officer at Athmalgola CHC told reporters.
A Quick Response Team (QRT) and an ambulance were dispatched to the school immediately.
