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Over 100 students sent to hospital after fire drill participation in Laguna: mayor

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2510580" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong>- Over 100 students were sent to hospital on Thursday after participating in a fire drill in a school in Cabuyao City, Laguna amid hot temperature, the locality&#x27;s mayor said.</p><p>In a live Facebook video on Thursday night, Cabuyao Mayor Dennis Hain said that teachers from Gulod National High School Mamatid Extension organized the drill based on a Department of Education memo.</p><p>&quot;Base sa ating imbestigasyon, kaninang alas-12 (ng hapon) nagsimula ang drill... Ang humigit-kumulang na 3,000 (estudyante) ay pinapasok sa classroom. Doon ay sila ang nagsiksikan sa kabila ng init ng panahon,&quot; Hain said.</p><p>The students reportedly stayed inside the classroom on orders of the teachers, with help from so-called &quot;scouts&quot;, for over 3 hours, while in cramped conditions.</p><p>&quot;Base po sa report, hindi nakainom ng tubig &#x27;yung iba at nagugutom na rin &#x27;yung iba,&quot; the mayor said.<br/> </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&amp;v=1692891754504847" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The temperature at the time reportedly ranged from 36 to 43 degrees Celsius, he added.</p><p>&quot;Sobra po talaga ang init kanina, kung may karamdaman ka, maaaring may mangyari sa&#x27;yo na masama,&quot; Hain said.</p><p>The students were eventually let out but they were sent to an open field, where they stayed for 30 minutes under the scorching heat, allegedly without water, the mayor continued.</p><p>&quot;May ilang estudyante na nagrereklamo at nanghihingi ng tubig (pero) hindi po napagbigyan sapagkat ang mga scout po ang nagma-manage. Siguro ay hindi rin abot ng kanilang kaisipan dahil mga bata rin sila at ganon nga akala nila ay basta-basta na lang,&quot; Hain said.</p><p>This reportedly resulted in dizziness and seizures among students, while others also fainted.</p><p>A total of 104 students were sent to Cabuyao General Hospital, Hain said. Others were also medically treated in Ospital ng Cabuyao.</p><p>The Cabuyao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said in a statement that three students remain in the hospital, as of 11:30 p.m. on Thursday.</p><p>&quot;Mabuti na lang medyo handa po ang mga doktor, natugunan naman po agad ... &#x27;Yung isang nakausap ko yung magulang, may commorbidity talaga &#x27;yung (estudyante) ... &#x27;Yung isa naman po hindi makahinga, nilalagyan ng oxygen,&quot; Hain said.</p><p>The teachers did not coordinate the drill with Brgy. Mamatid or Cabuyao disaster management officials, according to the mayor.</p><p>&quot;Ito ay paalala po sa ating lahat na kailangan po kung may gagawin tayong ganitong activity lalo na sa ating DepEd, i-coordinate po natin sa city hall. Meron po tayong responders, CDRRMO, para mag-conduct ng seminar. Bagama&#x27;t walang sinasabi na ipaalam niyo, siguro naman common sense naman na dapat malalaman ng city hall, ng mayor,&quot; Hain said.</p><p>As of writing, neither the school nor DepEd has issued a statement on the incident.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVE</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kq0XfBfg_z4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Over 100 students were sent to hospital on Thursday after participating in a fire drill in a school in Cabuyao City, Laguna amid hot temperature.