A Class XII girl who is said to have collapsed in school after the morning assembly on Thursday was administered CPR and taken to a hospital where she was declared “brought dead”.
Afifa Nasim, 17, of St John’s Diocesan Girls’ Higher Secondary School, collapsed around 8.40am while walking towards her class, an official of the school on Sarat Bose Road said.
Officials at Belle Vue Clinic said the girl was brought to the hospital at 8.45am. “She was brought dead at the Emergency ward of the hospital,” said an official there.
“The girl collapsed while she was going to her class after the assembly on the ground. She was attended to by the school doctor and was immediately taken to the hospital,” said Snigdha Gain, headmistress.
Afifa was accompanied by two teachers and the school doctor to the hospital. “In the car, she was administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR),” a school official said. Another official said Afifa was “gasping for breath” in school.
A teacher who taught Afifa described her as “a quiet child”.
The police said Afifa was a resident of 9 Nawab Sirajul Islam Lane. “She was attended to by the school doctor who found her pulse rate very low. The school doctor, after checking her vitals, advised hospital admission and the school authorities took her to Belle Vue, where she was declared dead on arrival,” a senior police officer said.
Another officer said the parents of the girl had told the police that their daughter had a medical history.
The family, the police said, wanted to keep the medical details private.
The police said the girl’s family had not lodged any complaint till Thursday evening. “A preliminary inquiry did not reveal any sign of ‘foul play’,” the official said.
School sources said Afifa was studying humanities and her sister was also in the same class with her.
The Telegraph could not contact Afifa’s family to verify her health condition and about her sibling.