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Health transporting 22 students to hospital after poisoning in Sidi Bouzid

Civil protection teams intervened to transport the injured to the university hospital on the other side for treatment and emergency services.

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Health transporting 22 students to hospital after poisoning in Sidi Bouzid

Most of the students left the hospital after their health status stabilized while two remained under continuous medical supervision, with dinner samples being pulled for laboratory analysis.

Twenty-two minors from Sidi Bouzid's typical institute were transferred to a mental hospital after being food poisoned. The victims showed symptoms of dizziness, vomiting and abdominal pain.

The health authorities opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the accident and identify the source of the poisoning. The students were exposed to bleeding conditions and signs of poisoning represented by nausea, abdominal pain and vomiting.

17 of them received the necessary ambulance inside the hospital. The injuries occurred at the schoolhouse of Sidi Bouzid's model institute on Friday to Saturday night.

Infected pupils undergo ambulance and receive the necessary treatment at the hospital.