Large deployment in Meinersen: 15 children to the hospital after fruit consumption!

Large deployment in Meinersen: 15 children to the hospital after fruit consumption!

Meinersen, Deutschland - On Wednesday afternoon, June 25th, a dramatic deployment of the fire brigade was triggered in the Meinersen school center in the Gifhorn district. The alarm sign came from the school management when several children showed symptoms similar to poisoning. In the first message, eleven, later even 15 affected little pupils, reported. These had apparently eaten unripe fruits from a tree on the school premises and complained of abdominal pain and discomfort. Some of them were cold welding, which alerted the emergency services and led to triggering a "mass attack of injured" alarm, such as news38 documented.

When the emergency services arrived, it quickly became clear that the situation was serious. A large contingent was mobilized: nine ambulances, two patient transport cars and two emergency doctors moved in. On site, all affected students were examined in detail by the emergency doctors. Ultimately, ten of the children had to be brought to several surrounding hospitals - including Gifhorn, Wolfsburg, Celle, Hanover and Braunschweig. Fortunately, all students are considered to be slightly injured, whereby the hospital stay is primarily to be understood as a precaution.

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The exact type of fruits that the children had eaten could not be finally clarified until the time of reporting. However, it is assumed that it was immature mirabelles or plums. Jens Grünhage, the head of operations, emphasized the need to pay attention to any toxic plants when planting public areas. In this regard, the fire brigade has considered measures to prevent such incidents in the future. These events are of great importance, especially in schools and kindergartens, since according to [NDR] (https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/braunschweig_harz_goetttingen/grosse-fuer-Rettungs-Schulkinder-Essen-fruechte ,aktuellbraunschweig-168.html) there are no plants with toxic fruits.

poisoning in children are a serious topic that is not only important in Meinersen, but nationwide. Every year there are around 100,000 poisoning accidents with children in Germany, with over 60% of cases affecting toddlers under the age of three. Often it is everyday dangers such as poisonous plants or improperly kept cleaning agents that can lead to accidents, as the information page of reer explains: reer. Therefore, parental supervision is just as important as preventive measures in educational institutions.

In the secondary school Meinersen, the lessons for non -affected students were still able to take place in the meantime, while the concerned parents were informed about the incident and their children in the hospitals were followed. Such an incident is rare, but once again shows the need to educate children about the dangers of plants and other potentially poisonous substances.