San Severino, poisoning puzzle: professor and eight students hospitalized

Eight students and one teacher hospitalized for gastrointestinal problems. Balance of the unfortunate school trip in Tuscany of the group coming from“Virgilio” high school in Mercato San Severino. When the boys packed their bags, ready to hit the road, they could hardly have imagined a more ordeal experience. Three buses left for Tuscany on Saturday, for a total of 150 kids from the third and fourth grades plus companions.

The ordeal

They stayed in three different hotels, with the prospect of enjoying a “full immersion” in the most beautiful locations in Florence, Siena, Pistoia. Instead, after dinner on Sunday evening, the trip turned into an ordeal. Since Monday morning, some students staying in the same hotel in Montecatini have been experiencing symptoms such as fever, nausea and gastrointestinal disorders. Four, plus a teacher, were hospitalized“Santi Cosma e Damiano” hospital Of Fish. In the meantime, four other boys, headed to Florence on one of the buses, felt ill, finding themselves forced to resort to medical care.