Pupil reported dead, teachers hospitalized after suspected food poisoning in Garissa school
Garissa school pupil dies and three teachers are hospitalized after suspected case of food poisoning
Garissa school pupil dies and three teachers are hospitalized after suspected case of food poisoning.
A primary school in Garissa County may have experienced food poisoning, according to police and health officials who are looking into the matter.
Following the event that was reported at Durte Primary School on June 17, one pupil died while three teachers are admitted to hospital.
First discovered unconscious in her home within the school staff quarters was a 33-year-old female teacher.
The school deputy headteacher who had been informed of the incident told police he looked for a car and rushed her to a hospital in the area.
When he returned to the school, he discovered two additional teachers and a pupil also lying unconscious.
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The pupil belonged to the first teacher who was found unconscious in her house and taken to hospital.
They were all rushed to Dertu dispensary, where the child passed on while undergoing treatment, police said.
The teachers were later transferred to Garissa county hospital for further treatment.
Officials arrived at the school and picked up samples of food the victims had eaten for analysis.
The body of the girl was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
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