Two high school students die with several admitted after consuming substance containing alcohol
Two Form students from Karigini Mixed Secondary School, Tharaka Nithi, have died, and others were admitted after consuming alcohol suspected to contain ethanol
Two Form students from Karigini Mixed Secondary School, Tharaka Nithi, have died, and others were admitted after consuming alcohol suspected to contain ethanol.
According to Area Police Commander Joseph Ole Manei, other students who had consumed the substance were rushed to a nearby hospital.
He said police have already started investigations over the incident.
Reports indicated that 13 students were involved in the incident that happened at the mixed secondary school.
Consequently, eight male and three female students were rushed to the hospital for treatment. Two students, however, succumbed.
Parents and neighbours have already convened outside the school, seeking clarity on the well-being of the students.
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The incident elicited concern on social media, with Kenyans online revealing the dangers associated with absolute ethanol at school laboratories.
“Ethanol is quite dangerous, especially the one sold to school laboratories. They’re highly concentrated ie 100 per cent because the technician is expected to dilute them for use. Supposedly the one in beer is between 11-41 per cent how do you then take the one whose breakeven is directly proportional to 1? Your liver can’t act on such,” Ian Gitonga commented.
“The parents of these children think their children are working hard in school. It’s only God who can have mercy on us,” a Facebook user known as Nyambura stated.
While alcohol contains ethanol, laboratory ethanol contains impurities such as benzene or methanol, which can be very harmful to one’s body.
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