Class XII student dies in school after falling ill

Kolkata: A 17-year-old girl fell ill and subsequently died at her school on Thursday morning.

Doctors suspect that the student might have suffered a massive cardiac arrest due to some old ailments.

According to sources, Asifa Nasim (17) of Taltala area was a student of St John’s Diocesan Girls’ HS School.

After the morning prayers at the assembly were over around 9:30 am, suddenly she fainted.

The school authorities immediately called a doctor who examined Nasim and found her pulse rate low.

The doctor advised the school authorities to admit the girl to a hospital.

On the advice of the doctor, school authorities rushed the student to Belle Vue Hospital where she was declared brought dead.