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New Delhi: A 14-year-old girl from a government school in Bharat Nagar in northwest Delhi died allegedly after an overdose of iron tablets handed out by the school authorities. Her parents have registered a police complaint alleging negligence by the school which gave an entire vial to the girl without informing them.<br /><br />Sapna returned home from school on May 5 and went out to play with a friend, taking the vial of tablets along, her parents said in the complaint. The Class 8 student was given iron tablets at the Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya as part of a national scheme to reduce anemia among children and told to swallow one tablet each week in the presence of the class teacher. The parents said they did not know that Sapna had been given a vial of 16 tablets. Sapna’s friend challenged her to consume the tablets at one go which she did. <br /><br />Around evening, Sapna complained of stomach ache and nausea and began bleeding. Her parents initially assumed she was menstruating but soon had to admit her to a local hospital as it became severe. Sapna revealed that she had swallowed the tablets and was shifted to Bara Hindu Rao Hospital as her condition deteriorated. She died on Sunday night due to liver failure.<br /><br /> <div data-type="embedgroup"> <div data-type="article" data-hostid="83" data-msid="52049189" data-title="<u></u>Vitamin D overdose kills 10-year-old boy in Delhi" data-rank="1.0" data-kind="RELATED" data-publishdate="Apr 30, 2016, 7:19 AM" data-mstype="2" data-mssubtype="0"><msid>52049189</msid></div></div> <br />A senior doctor at the hospital confirmed that the teenager had been admitted for iron/folic overdose. “The girl was admitted with ulceration of the gastrointestinal tract. She was passing blood in stool and subsequently developed jaundice which led to liver failure,” the doctor said. She could not be saved despite medication to reduce the impact of drug overdose, the doctor said.<br /><br />Officials said deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia had ordered an inquiry by the Saraswati Vihar SDM. “The girl was given iron tablets on May 4. She complained of stomach ache on May 5. The school sent her home with a female guard, thinking it was menstrual pain. Her parents took her to a local doctor who administered glucose. After swelling, she was shifted to Hindu Rao Hospital where she died,” said an official.<br /><br />Police said the body was handed over to the parents after an autopsy and a probe initiated under section 174 of CrPC, related to unnatural death. a case of negligence would be registered. <br /><br />A senior AIIMS doctor said the prescribed dose of iron tablet — one a week — was safe. “Overdose, if any, is a negligence. Those responsible should face action,” he said. <br />