Tonka
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This article struck me as a bit odd since it wasn't that hot that day. Low temp of 72 and it was early in the morning..
http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=562778
Spanish to English translation
48 students from Tlaxcala and Veracruz suffer sunstroke during the Flag Day
Editorial | National
02/25/2011 | Creation Time: 1:02:34 | Last updated: 1:45:34
At least 48 children in primary and secondary schools in the states of Veracruz and Tlaxcala suffered heat stroke during the celebrations of Flag Day.
In Xalapa, children were 36 children aged between eight and 12 years of age affected. The students stayed for two hours under the sun's rays in the event Memorial Flag Day, organized by state government.
Julio Gómez Méndez, Emergency Medical Technician of the Red Cross reported that the condition presented by students of various educational institutions was due to sun exposure time to which they were subjected.
"We had for less than eight years which will be referred to an IV in order to restore faster due to respiratory failure, oxygen was placed," he explained.
The event scheduled for 10:00 am at the esplanade of the Palais de Justice in this city, attended by primary school students "Guillermo Hernandez Escudero", "Leopoldo Quiel" and "Salvador Diaz Miron, in addition to the high school campuses general school number 5 and "Antonio María de Rivera."
Students from 9:00 am went to the site to completion at 11:00 hours.
In Tlaxcala, the figure was 12 children who suffered from fainting, dizziness, and decompensation during the act of celebrating Flag Day led Governor Mariano González Zarur.
According to Red Cross reports, proxy Tlaxcala, 12 minors who were present at the stadium Tlahuicole from 8:00 am received medical attention after fainting presumably caused by the lack of food and heat stroke due to wait for over two hours the start of the event.
All children are nine secondary and three primary, were treated by paramedics of the Red Cross and other rescue teams.
The Education Secretary Thomas Munive Osorno, said that poor planning caused the damages civic ceremony in the minors.
He said that basic education students were cited at the scene, at least an hour early when the ceremony was scheduled at 10:00 hours.
Accordingly, said that by waiting, infants suffered heat stroke and the effects of the lack of breakfast.
He said that all children received immediate medical attention at the scene of the ceremony and were reported stable
http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=562778
Spanish to English translation
48 students from Tlaxcala and Veracruz suffer sunstroke during the Flag Day
Editorial | National
02/25/2011 | Creation Time: 1:02:34 | Last updated: 1:45:34
At least 48 children in primary and secondary schools in the states of Veracruz and Tlaxcala suffered heat stroke during the celebrations of Flag Day.
In Xalapa, children were 36 children aged between eight and 12 years of age affected. The students stayed for two hours under the sun's rays in the event Memorial Flag Day, organized by state government.
Julio Gómez Méndez, Emergency Medical Technician of the Red Cross reported that the condition presented by students of various educational institutions was due to sun exposure time to which they were subjected.
"We had for less than eight years which will be referred to an IV in order to restore faster due to respiratory failure, oxygen was placed," he explained.
The event scheduled for 10:00 am at the esplanade of the Palais de Justice in this city, attended by primary school students "Guillermo Hernandez Escudero", "Leopoldo Quiel" and "Salvador Diaz Miron, in addition to the high school campuses general school number 5 and "Antonio María de Rivera."
Students from 9:00 am went to the site to completion at 11:00 hours.
In Tlaxcala, the figure was 12 children who suffered from fainting, dizziness, and decompensation during the act of celebrating Flag Day led Governor Mariano González Zarur.
According to Red Cross reports, proxy Tlaxcala, 12 minors who were present at the stadium Tlahuicole from 8:00 am received medical attention after fainting presumably caused by the lack of food and heat stroke due to wait for over two hours the start of the event.
All children are nine secondary and three primary, were treated by paramedics of the Red Cross and other rescue teams.
The Education Secretary Thomas Munive Osorno, said that poor planning caused the damages civic ceremony in the minors.
He said that basic education students were cited at the scene, at least an hour early when the ceremony was scheduled at 10:00 hours.
Accordingly, said that by waiting, infants suffered heat stroke and the effects of the lack of breakfast.
He said that all children received immediate medical attention at the scene of the ceremony and were reported stable
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