24 children admitted to hospital after drinking contaminated water

Children fill water bottles in the Gaza Strip.

JENIN (Ma’an) — Twenty-four children were admitted to hospital in Jenin on Saturday after drinking contaminated water in their elementary school, police said.

Parents reported symptoms of vomiting and a high fever, a police statement said. Eighteen children are still in hospital and six have been released after treatment.

Police are investigating the incident.

(www.maannews.net / 08.09.2012)

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