Mukumu Girls at It Again As 11 Students are Hospitalized
After becoming ill on Friday, eleven students from Sacred Heart Mukumu Girls High School were taken to the hospital.
Nine of the students were transported to the hospital after complaining of exhaustion and gastrointestinal pain, while two of the students are receiving treatment for malaria.
After being admitted to St. Elizabeth Mukumu Mission Hospital, the students’ condition is being attentively watched by medical professionals.
Sister Jane Mmbone, the principal of the school, verified the occurrence but stated that there was no need for concern because the youngsters were recovering well from their condition.
In fact, three of the kids were released from the hospital when their health improved and are already enrolled in classes, according to Mmbone.
She claimed that despite receiving treatment and having their conditions constantly monitored, the other students returned to class before they had fully healed.
To handle any medical situations involving kids before sending them to nearby hospitals for care, a nurse has been assigned to the school.
Following an illness outbreak attributed to tainted water and food, the school was shut down indefinitely on April 3.
A teacher, three students, and one other person perished.
On May 8, Form Four students reported to school first, accompanied by their parents.
Students who had pre-existing medical issues received counseling, a doctor’s examination, and their information was documented for future medical care.
All the students who reported were taken for counseling, according to Sister Aqminatta Lumili, the diocesan health coordinator for the Kakamega Catholic Diocese, to help them settle down and pick up their studies again after the disease outbreak that had disrupted them.
“We are asking parents and students to tell us if the learners have other conditions that could affect their health, such as diabetes and allergies, so that they can be treated in case of an emergency,” added Sister Lumili.
Ezekiel Machogu, the cabinet secretary for education, issued an order to destroy the maize on April 15 in an effort to avert another disaster.
The three pupils and their instructor were found to have died from multiple organ failure brought on by food poisoning and tainted water last month, according to a post-mortem examination.
Three interim suppliers that have been pre-qualified to offer meals to other schools were chosen by the school management after all food supplier tenders were cancelled.
The school receives water from the Tindinyo Water Treatment Plant thanks to the Lake Victoria North Water Works and Development Agency (LVNWWDA), a division of the Ministry of Water.
The LVNWWDA’s manager of planning and strategy, Mr. Ibrahim Oluoch, reported that the school’s two boreholes were no longer supplying water.
Before the school can restart pumping water to the nine storage tanks to serve the dorms, Mr. Oluoch added that the boreholes need to be cleansed and chlorinated.
At the school, a second borehole that will cost $6 million will be dug, and it will produce 16 cubic liters of water every hour. After being tested, the water will be piped to the storage tanks.
The Bamburi Cement kiln in Mombasa County destroyed the 800 bags of tainted grain from Mukumu.
Mukumu Girls at It Again As 11 Students are Hospitalized
