After drinking soft drinks distributed for free at the school gate, many students of Binh Minh Secondary School (Thanh Oai, Hanoi) showed symptoms of suspected poisoning such as stomachaches... and had to be hospitalized for treatment.

Thanh Oai District People's Committee said that it had previously received a report about a student from Binh Minh Secondary School being hospitalized.

According to the report, Binh Minh Secondary School currently has 1,037 students, and the school does not provide meals. At around 1:20 p.m. on September 30, a group of strangers distributed free soft drinks to students at the school gate. 263 students drank the product.

At 2:36 p.m. the same day, the first student to show symptoms of stomachache and nausea was NHH (class 6A). After that, the school took her to the commune health station and transferred her to Thanh Oai District General Hospital.

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Students suspected of poisoning are being treated at Thanh Oai District General Hospital. Photo: BVCC

At 10pm the same day, Thanh Oai General Hospital received 12 more children with the same symptoms of headache, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting from Binh Minh Secondary School. Here, these children were diagnosed and monitored for food poisoning.

As of 9:00 a.m. on October 1, 13 students (1 grade 6 student; 7 grade 7 students; 5 grade 8 students) are in stable health. It is expected that at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon, they will be discharged from the hospital, no new cases have been detected.

Thanh Oai District authorities continue to investigate the incident and take samples of soft drinks for testing. A representative of the Thanh Oai District Department of Education and Training also said that they have informed schools to increase coordination with parents, educate children not to eat snacks outside the school gate and absolutely not to accept food or drinks from strangers.

Speaking with VietNamNet, a representative of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training said that the Department has warned the district, county, and town Education and Training Departments about the phenomenon of students having stomach aches when using free drinking water distributed near school gates.

Hanoi Department of Education and Training requested units to strengthen the dissemination of information to schools to students not to use products distributed or donated of unknown origin.

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