SHANGLA: Fourteen students of a seminary in Borshat area of Kana tehsil here were hospitalised on Monday after they fainted while eating `poisonous` breakfast.

Seven seminarians were shifted to the district headquarters hospital after doctors of the Karora rural health centre declared their condition critical.

Karora SHO Afzal Khan said he learned from a local police official that two seminarians were taken to the Karora RHC after they fell unconscious.

`I went to the health centre, where the madrassa`s employees informed me that some other seminarians, too, didn`t feel well, so I reached the seminary and found 12 more students to be fainted, he said.

The SHO said the police shifted all those students to the health centre but seven of them were referred to the district headquarters hospital, Alpuri, as their condition was bad.

He said seminary students and employees didn`t know the cause of the health issue and insisted that they had eaten last day`s breadin breakfast.Mr Khan said the students were recovering fast after treatment.

DOG BITES: Several people, including children, were injured after stray dogs bit them in various village councils of Kana tehsil in the last two days.

The residents of Shonial, Kekor and Olandar areas told reporters on Monday that over two dozen people were bitten by stray dogs in different villages.

They said six people, including children and the elderly, were attacked by dogs in Olandar village council and they were shifted to the local basic health unit.

The residents said all those dog bite victims were taken to the district headquarters hospital Alpuri due to the unavailability of anti-rabies vaccines.

Resident Sardar Ali said stray dogs roamed across upper parts of Kana tehsil and had bitten several people in the last few days but the administration didn`t eliminate stray dogs.

He said authorities should ensure the provision of antirabies vaccine to all hospitals of the district, especially those located in rural areas, to the relief of people bitten by stray dogs.