Lightning victims saved by bullshit---LITERALLY!
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The students of Hesalagarha Rajkiya Vidyalaya, a government-run school located in Angara block of Jharkhand's Ranchi district, are yet to get over the bolt from the blue that rocked this school on Friday afternoon.

More than 399 students were in the school when lightning struck. ``Afterwards I found 15 students lying unconscious inside the hall. I didn't know what to do. I ran out of school and informed the people,'' recalled Principal Sadarnath Mahato.

Though the police station and the primary health centre is located less than four km from this school, it took an hour-and-half for doctors to arrive. By the time doctors led by Devendra Kumar reached, villagers had already provided them ``first-aid''. ``We took these boys out and covered their bodies with cow dung,'' said Ashok Bhokta, a resident.

None of these doctors had any medicine. ``Cow dung is the time-tested and traditional cure for lightning-struck people. Had they not been covered with dung, the scene would have been different,'' said Kumar. This shows the state of health services in the state where more than Rs 15 lakh is spent on a primary health centre annually.