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Kenya - Students from St.Theresa's Eregi Girls High School hospitalized due to mysterious illness
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Govt Reveals Condition Behind Eregi Girls Strange Disease
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Joy Kwama by Joy Kwama October 5, 2023
Kakamega County government health CEC, Bernard Wesonga has revealed that test results for St Teresa Eregi Girls High School have been finalized.
According to the health CEC, the results released by different health facilities and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) indicated that the girls did not have any infection in their bloodstream.
Further, he stated that the medical officials determined that the students may be suffering from hysteria and needed proper guidance and counselling.
Wesonga said that many of the students who were admitted to various medical facilities had been released and allowed to go back to school to continue with their studies.
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On Wednesday, October 4, the school was closed indefinitely after the students went on rampage demanding to be allowed to go home.
This followed the hospitalization of more than 90 students in various hospitals in Kakamega county and a meeting with county government representatives.
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The students began experiencing weakness in the joints in October second forcing the school to call six ambulances.
“The involuntary movements affected both the upper and lower limbs of the students. The cause remains unknown,” the school stated.
https://thekenyatimes.com/latest-ke...condition-behind-eregi-girls-strange-disease/
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Joy Kwama by Joy Kwama October 5, 2023
Kakamega County government health CEC, Bernard Wesonga has revealed that test results for St Teresa Eregi Girls High School have been finalized.
According to the health CEC, the results released by different health facilities and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) indicated that the girls did not have any infection in their bloodstream.
Further, he stated that the medical officials determined that the students may be suffering from hysteria and needed proper guidance and counselling.
Wesonga said that many of the students who were admitted to various medical facilities had been released and allowed to go back to school to continue with their studies.
...
On Wednesday, October 4, the school was closed indefinitely after the students went on rampage demanding to be allowed to go home.
This followed the hospitalization of more than 90 students in various hospitals in Kakamega county and a meeting with county government representatives.
...
The students began experiencing weakness in the joints in October second forcing the school to call six ambulances.
“The involuntary movements affected both the upper and lower limbs of the students. The cause remains unknown,” the school stated.
https://thekenyatimes.com/latest-ke...condition-behind-eregi-girls-strange-disease/
This may just be coincidental, but found this other article that talks about schoolgirls in Iran experiencing somethin similar (this past February) ...
“I still feel some weakness in my legs after 20 days, and I have problems while moving my legs,” the unnamed student said, adding that two of her friends were still in the hospital.
Similar waves of mysterious illnesses affecting schoolgirls have been reported in recent years in neighboring Afghanistan and in Central Asia. In many cases, the authorities were unable to find evidence of poison. Most of the incidents were blamed on mass panic and hysteria.
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-schoolgirls-illness-qom-poisoning-mystery/32287114.html
“I still feel some weakness in my legs after 20 days, and I have problems while moving my legs,” the unnamed student said, adding that two of her friends were still in the hospital.
Similar waves of mysterious illnesses affecting schoolgirls have been reported in recent years in neighboring Afghanistan and in Central Asia. In many cases, the authorities were unable to find evidence of poison. Most of the incidents were blamed on mass panic and hysteria.
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-schoolgirls-illness-qom-poisoning-mystery/32287114.html