Doctors at Trieu Hai Regional General Hospital in Quang Tri Province were treating the 27 students on the morning of October 22. They were admitted on the afternoon of October 21 with symptoms including pain, itching and hives.
The students’ conditions have gradually stabilised following appropriate treatment, and they remain in hospital for monitoring.
A leader of Hai Lang Commune said the children attended a local secondary school.
Pupils receive hospital treatment after being stung by bees (Photo: Dan Thanh).
At the start of afternoon classes on October 21, several students spotted a honeybee nest in a tree in the school grounds and threw stones at it. The swarm then descended and attacked pupils playing in the playground.
School medical staff and personnel from the Hai Lang Commune Health Station provided first aid and transferred students with more severe symptoms to hospital.
