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VISHAKAPATNAM (Andhra Pradesh): As many as 178 women workers fell ill on Friday following a gas leak at a laboratory in Atchutapuram, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Minister Gudivada Amarnath informed.
The workers fell sick after they inhaled the poisonous gas that leaked at Porus Laboratories Pvt Ltd and gradually took the toll of those affected from the initial 87 at the noon to 178 in the evening.
During the day, Superintendent of Police Gowthami Sali said that the workers were taken to a hospital and their condition was reported “stable with no casualties so far”. (ANI)