Bilharzia: Commissioner Urges Calm As 64 Katsina Students Hospitalised

Katsina State commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Yusuf Sulaiman Jibia, has appealed to parents and residents to remain calm following the hospitalisation of 64 students of Government Science Secondary School,
Batagarawa, after they reportedly developed adverse reactions to drugs administered during a Bilharzia prevention and treatment exercise.
The affected students were rushed to Ahmadi Rimi General Hospital and Turai Yar’Adua Maternal and Child Hospital in Katsina after experiencing vomiting, abdominal discomfort and dizziness shortly after taking the medication.
Some of the students were reportedly unconscious when they arrived at the hospital, a development that spa...