148 school students hospitalized
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148 school students rom Ikonge PAG Girls Secondary School in Nyamira hospitalized over suspected consumption of contaminated water
148 school students rom Ikonge PAG Girls Secondary School in Nyamira hospitalized over suspected consumption of contaminated water.
148 girls from Ikonge PAG Girls Secondary School in Nyamira County were on Wednesday, July 19, rushed to hospital after simultaneously suffering severe stomachaches.
According to reports, the students fell ill after allegedly consuming contaminated water.
It was not clear what caused the water contamination at the public institution with a student population exceeding 330.
Officials from the Ministry of Education were also deployed to the school to offer guidance.
Since the beginning of the year, there have been more instances of water and food contamination in schools, particularly boarding institutions, with the worst case occurring at Mukumu Girls in Kakamega.
On April 3, Mukumu Girls was shut down after a severe case of diarrhoea broke out at the institution and claimed four lives, three students and a teacher.
124 students were hospitalised at Kakamega Referral Hospital while the school was temporarily shut down.
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After the incident, the Ministry of Education issued new rules that all schools across the country must follow when procuring food and water for consumption.
All schools were required to form a safety sub-committee tasked with ensuring that the school adheres to all sanitation requirements and has systems to protect all learners in case of a disease outbreak.
The Ministry also scaled up transportation of its officers to schools for routine inspections and mandated all schools to reduce the quantity of foodstuff bought by individual institutions.
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