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    HEALTH Published on 21/04/2017 at 13h45

    B?ni Mellal-Kh?nifra: Repetitive crises of collective hysteria in schools

    Two cases of collective hysteria have recently been reported in the Beni Mellal-Kh?nifra region. A total of 110 pupils are concerned. All girls of the same age group. For the director of the commission set up under the supervision of the Regional Academy of Education, this is only a "purely psychological" phenomenon. Details.

    In the course of one week, pupils from two schools in the Beni Mellal-Kh?nifra region faced a particular event. Cases of collective hysteria have been reported on Thursday 13 April and Wednesday 19 April in pupils from two high schools. More disturbingly, there are two schools separated by more than 80 kilometers. Moreover, these two incidents, which present exactly the same symptoms, have no place between them.

    On April 14, Fkih Ben Saleh's Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Education broke the silence on the fainting cases of 54 girls attending the Okba Ibn Nafi collegiate school in the rural town of Sidi Issa. According to the provincial authority, they have "absolutely nothing to do with any food or drug poisoning". Instead, management referred to "transient collective hysteria crises treated with oxygen and sedative injections". The students, all of them girls aged 13 to 16, "left the hospital, accompanied by their parents, in a normal state of health after having undergone examinations and received the necessary care".

    Bis repetita

    On Wednesday, 19 April, passing fits of collective hysteria were again recorded in the Beni Mellal-Kh?nifra region. This time, it was at the high school qualifying Ibn Toumert in the commune of lkfaf (province of Khouribga) that they were raised. The province said Friday in a statement relayed by the agency MAP that it is 35 students of this establishment. "[They] were rushed to the Hassan II provincial hospital in Khouribga, where a specialized staff carried out the necessary examinations. These reviews revealed that girls do not have any disease, virus, epidemic or food poisoning, "the statement said.

    A multi-stakeholder commission, made up of doctors and executives from the Provincial Directorate of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Provincial Directorate for Agriculture, Food safety (ONSSA) and enforcement officers, was set up to deepen technical and epidemiological research at the school in question and Dar Taliba to avoid new cases.

    Yabiladi, the provincial director of the Ministry of Education and chairman of the commission set up to investigate these incidents, Mohamed Leqziri, said on Friday that "on April 19 a high school Is fainting. His comrades were nearby and so warned the administration. "

    "According to the dispensary doctor, she frequently suffers from this kind of crisis. An hour after contacting the ambulance and transferring the first daughter to the hospital, another girl contracted the same crisis. It then went on in the afternoon that same day, eventually reaching 21 girls. "

    A "purely psychological" phenomenon

    The next day, on Thursday, 35 girls showed the same symptoms. "They have difficulty breathing, agitated and cry before fainting. On the other hand, no case was detected on the boys ", specifies Mohamed Leqziri. According to the provincial director, who cites medical sources, "this is hysterical neurosis". "We were told that it would not be the first time the girls fainted because it looks contagious and psychological," he said.

    In connection with the first cases in Sidi Issa, Mohamed Leqziri said that "medical analyzes of water and food were carried out at the girls' boarding school". "The rooms of the establishments were visited and samples were taken and analyzed. Mohamed Leqziri also said that the Provincial Delegation's services had "even investigated possible school violence, but no case could be made", said Mohamed Leqziri, who said that the phenomenon was "purely psychological". 'Has been found'.

    And to ensure that the committee he chairs, set up under the supervision of the Benin Mellal-Kh?nifra Regional Education Academy and composed of several relevant departments, remains mobilized to intervene in the event of further crises in the region .

    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela
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