21 students were intoxicated this Monday when eating a meal at the Mamá Tingó educational center in Higüey, La Altagracia province.
According to the president of the Higüey affiliate Dominican Association of Teachers, Felipe Castillo, the minors were intoxicated after ingesting chocolate-flavored milk distributed by the National Institute of Student Welfare (inabie).
He explained that those affected correspond to the students who come to the center at 12:30 noon.
“These kids are in grades 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A, and 6B”he pointed.
He commented that representatives of the Union Base of the educational center informed them that some children had felt bad after ingesting the milk, but that they cannot say for sure which food caused the situation.
He explained that the Executive Committee, together with a commission of the ADP and to the authorities, they are going to initiate investigations to determine the cause of this event and to prevent it from happening once.
Public health
According to the epidemiologist of the Provincial Public Health, Samuel Cueto, some 21 children were taken to the Hospital Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia, presenting food poisoning.
He explained that they do not know what type of food caused the poisoning and that they are taking samples.
He also explained that they are going to question the children to see if they consumed any food other than those provided by the school and which ones they ate inside it. He cited that they must consider all alternatives.
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He declared that they will visit other health establishments to verify if there are or were other students from another educational center who have been taken to receive assistance.
He explained that the infants arrived at the health center with vomiting, some of them, dizziness and general discomfort.
He explained that they are going to investigate even though they are associated with the event.
For his part, the provincial director of Public Health, Víctor Rodríguez, emphasized that in this case the important thing is, in addition to caring for the children, to determine what the infants ate.
In the doctor’s opinion, the food provided by the State is not what caused the poisoning process, because if so, all the schools in the province would be poisoned.
He assured that there is no serious child due to the situation.
