School Proprietor In BIG TROUBLE Over MANY Hospitalised Students

Ebonyi State Police Command have confirmed on Saturday
that 12 students of Ginger International School in the state
had been hospitalised after they were administered with
a de-worming drugs by the school authority.
Reports gathered that the students were rushed to the
Federal Teaching Hospital (FETHA) Abakaliki, and Police
clinic in the state for immediate medical attention when
they became unconscious.
DSP George Okafor, the command’s spokesman, who
confirmed the incident to NAN said that the proprietor and
head of the school had been invited for questioning.
“We are going to investigate the matter thoroughly to
unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident,” he
said.
Also, Dr Emeka Ogah, Chief Medical Director of FETHA, said
that the drug sample had been collected and sent to the
National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control
(NAFDAC) for analysis. “The students are responding to
treatment as we would do our best to get them fit again,”
he said.
Prof. John Eke, State Commissioner for Education
described the incident as embarrassing. “The state
government would come up with a policy that would make
it mandatory for school managements to secure approval
from the ministry before administering drugs on pupils
and students,’’ he said.
According to Dr Daniel Umezurike, who is the State
Commissioner for Health, the drugs were donated by one
of the foreign development partners of the state which had
been assisting in disease eradication.
“These drugs are administered intermittently to de-worm
students but we assure the public that the incident would
be investigated and situation brought under control,” he
said.