An 18-year-old girl, who has been undergoing treatment for a heart problem, collapsed and died while appearing in Class XII examination at a school in Palakkad district of Kerala.
Anees Fathima fainted 30 minutes after the examination for English paper started at the
The school authorities took her to a hospital but she died on the way.
A doctor at the hospital told PTI that cardiac arrest could be the reason for the death as the girl had been under treatment for the last few months for a weak heart valve.
Anees’s mother Shahida had died of cardiac problems some months back, family sources said.
The girl’s father Noor Muhammad, a farmer and a real estate broker, who was away in
Manikantan, a student who was writing the examination in the same class room, said they could not believe that it would turn out to be a sad day.
"She was good in studies and a good friend also. Sometimes, some students, especially girls, used to faint on getting question papers. We also took it like that initially," he said.
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