41 students faint in a classroom in Pabna!
41 students have fainted in two days at Kazirhat High School in Aminpur, Bera Upazila of Pabna. The sudden fainting has spread panic among students and parents.
On Monday (May 19), around 10 am, 35 students fell unconscious in the sixth and seventh grade classrooms on the second floor of the school.
Earlier, on Sunday (May 18), 6 students had fainted.
The unconscious students are Maimuna Khatun, Sumi, Sumaiya, Jerin Islam, Jannatul, Zakia Akhter, Maryam Khatun, Lima Akhter, Saddam Hossain, Asif, Fatema Khatun, Dula Akhter, Maria, Asif Mahmud, Ziamin, Maria, Muhammad Ali, Rifat Hossain, Shakila, Sanjida, Fatema Khatun, Afsana Khatun. The names of the rest could not be found.
It is learned that yesterday, Sunday, the students came to school and started classes. At around 3 pm, 6 students of the seventh grade suddenly became unconscious. They were rescued and given first aid at a local hospital. Then, around 10 am on Monday, 35 students of the sixth and seventh grades became unconscious during class. After that, they were given first aid locally and handed over to their families. It is known that a kind of smell is being emanated from two classrooms.
Meanwhile, as this news spread, there is panic among the guardians and the general public.
Parents of some students said, “Good people went to school in the morning. A little later, I heard that they were sick. Not just one or two. Many boys and girls are sick. We went to school, brought them, treated them locally and brought them home.”
They complained that if the teachers had taken the initiative to take action when 6 people fainted on Sunday, such a big incident would not have happened. After that, the school classrooms are very dirty. There is no security in the school. Surely some scoundrel or miscreant entered the room and sprayed anesthetic.
Acting headmaster of Kazirhat High School Md. Farhad Hossain said, “In the last two days, 41 students have fainted. A kind of smell is coming from the breath of two classrooms. He thinks that someone may have sprayed anesthetic in the classroom. We are working to take all kinds of measures in this regard.”
He also said, “We are checking whether anyone in the area can do this work. If we can identify them, legal action will be taken against them.’
Bera Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Tahmina Sultana Nila said, ‘Vapsa may have fainted due to heat or food poisoning. However, it is not possible to say anything accurately without an examination. However, our medical team has gone there. The real mystery will come out only after a health examination.’
Bera Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md. Morshedul Islam said, ‘I have come to know about the school students becoming unconscious. I have instructed the headmaster to take necessary steps. The parents have come and taken their children home. The medical team has gone to the spot. They will conduct an examination. The police have also gone. They are investigating whether the school yard and rooms are unclean or if there are any other problems.’
