In a college near Valenciennes, around thirty children were hospitalized for food poisoning. Investigations are underway to determine the cause.
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain… The evening of Tuesday April 25 was a nightmare for about fifty students and teachers of the Marie Curie college in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (Hauts-de-France). Among them, around thirty children aged 10 to 15 were admitted to the emergency room of the Center Hospitalier de Valenciennes for what looks in every way to food poisoning, or gastroenteritis.
In a press release, the Valencian hospital specifies that the vast majority of young patients have been hospitalized. “The purpose of this hospitalization is to ensure continuous monitoring of their condition. No child is in a worrying state, ”reassured the establishment. In addition, several children taken care of by the Lille University Hospital.
Throughout the evening, the parents and siblings of the affected children continued to give each other news on social networks. In their messages, they explain that the young victims were seized with violent vomiting. Once at the hospital, the patients were placed on a drip to prevent dehydration and get them back on their feet.
Food poisoning in my college 50 people hospitalized + patients who were not in the emergency room
– Katsudon (@dat_glader) April 26, 2017
The canteen is closed until Thursday
For their part, healthy schoolchildren attack the school because they believe that the canteen, water dispensers or tap water may have been contaminated by bacteria.
Although the canteen was closed as a precaution, the origin of the contamination is still unknown. The Hauts-de-France Regional Health Agency and the Valenciennes Sub-prefecture have been notified of these hospitalizations by the college as well as the hospitals. Investigations were immediately launched and a national education doctor was sent to the site, the Marie Curie college said on its website. The investigation is expected to last until Thursday, April 27.
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