65 students hospitalized

24 November 2010 07:30 am

65 students of the Highforest Tamil School in Ragala, Nuwara Eliya were hospitalized this morning after the students started to vomit and fall unconscious. The students are believed to have fallen sick after they inhaled pesticide vapors sprayed to an adjacent farm.

19 students who fell sick yesterday due to the same reason received treatment from the Nuwara Eliya hospital and were sent home. The Ragala police are conducting further investigations regarding the incident.