Khairagarh Mystery: Girls Faint Only at School, Doctors Suspect Mass Hysteria

• 20-25 female students at Government Primary School Khairbana in Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh, are mysteriously fainting or feeling unwell only when at school.
• Students are perfectly healthy at home, baffling parents, doctors, and the administration for the past 15 days.
• Medical tests found no physical illness or toxic substances, leading health experts to suspect 'mass hysteria'.
• Collector visited the school, ordering psychological evaluations, counseling, and increased recreational activities.
• The incident is believed to be a psychological phenomenon, possibly triggered by fear, exam stress, or rumors, with similar past cases in Chhattisgarh.

Why It Matters: A mysterious fainting epidemic among Khairagarh schoolgirls is suspected to be mass hysteria.