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Abdul Ghani Shaikh said his 10-year-old son Kaif developed fever with swollen tonsils after he took tablets on Wednesday at the Shivaji Nagar School. "The students have been given this tablet on every Monday for the past two years as part of the national scheme. Most parents said they had heard of children vomiting blood and were afraid that it could happen to their child as well. Chandni's school, however, had called off the drive.Headmistress of the Urdu medium school, Farhana Dawood, said 975 students were given the iron and folic tablets on Monday. Even as children complained of dizziness, nausea, stomach ache, headache and fever, doctors at Rajawadi and Shatabdi hospitals said none showed any symptoms once in hospital.Panic gripped Shivaji Nagar soon after news of Chandni Shaikh's death spread around 8.30am..