Over 40 students hospitalised after gas leak at school in north Chennai’s Tiruvottiyur
The Hindu
Gas leak at a school in Tiruvottiyur sends over 40 students to hospitals, officials investigating cause.
Over 40 students were admitted to hospitals on Friday following a gas leak at the laboratory in a school in Tiruvottiyur. Officials are yet to identify the cause of the leak.
According to the police, the leak occurred at the chemistry laboratory of Victory Matriculation Higher Secondary School. As students in a few classrooms were exposed to the gas, parents and relatives gathered on the premises.
As a number of students reported breathing difficulty at 2.45 p.m., they were shifted to a nearby hospital. “Most of the students who were admitted were girls. Only one boy was admitted. All the students are stable. By 9 p.m., most of the students had been discharged. Only five girl students are under observation,” said Manosh Kumar, a doctor at the Government Hospital, Tiruvottiyur.
“The students are unable to point to a particular gas. They said they experienced an odour and breathlessness. But saturation level was normal. Of the students who were taken to the hospital, only one boy was reportedly exposed to the gas,” he said.
Chennai City Health Officer Jagadeesan said all the affected students were stable, and no casualties had been reported. “The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials have visited the school to check what went wrong. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are also monitoring the situation,” he said.
Officials are yet to determine the cause of the gas leak. The police, Revenue Department and the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services are investigating.
Arumai Raj, a relative of one of the students, said the children had reported similar odour for the past two days but the school management did not take it seriously, and the situation worsened on Friday. Nazar Khan, another relative of a student, said many students had also visited other private hospitals after the incident.
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