Last Thursday the Gauteng Department of Health (GDH) announced the admission of 300 primary school learners to hospital after eating sweets from a certain street vendor. It is alleged that the learners started showing signs of stomach cramps and vomitting after consuming the same kind of sweets from a local hawker.
The GDH later stated, following the debacle, that close to 190 learners from Nomini Primary School had been attended to at Stretford Community Healthcare centre on Friday morning. More Parents were reported to have sent their children to the clinic for a check-up as a precaution.
“Some parents opted to take their children home whilst others were transferred to different facilities mainly as a precaution. 62 learners were transferred to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital while 50 of them went to Lenasia South. 27 more learners were transferred to Bheki Mlangeni Hospital”, said the GDH.
A team of school health specialists was also sent to the area to monitor the situation and conduct further investigations.
