100 student ill will stomachaches, one dies

100 student ill will stomachaches, one dies

Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

A student of Ummul Quro Islamic Boarding School in Bogor died on
Sunday after suffering from severe diarrhea symptoms, while
dozens of other students were taken to nearby hospitals.

Police said that they were still investigating had caused the
students to become sick.

Bogor Police chief Sr. Comr. Tjiptono said on Sunday a student
identified as Aris Tadjudin died after suffering severe
stomach aches and diarrhea on Saturday.

"I am still waiting for a complete report from my officers in
the boarding school to be able to determine whether they got
diarrhea and fell sick because of food poisoning," he told The
Jakarta Post.

Tjiptono said hospital results, an investigation into what
students had eaten and tests for the presence of dysentery-
causing bacteria in the area would reveal why so many students
had got sick.

Officers were now discussing the case with doctors, he said.

More than 100 students at the boarding school fell sick on
Saturday night. The school has given no explanation about what it
believed caused the disease.

An employee at the school who did not want to be named, blamed
the diarrhea on a mystery sickness that had plagued the entire
neighborhood.

"They are not sick from food poisoning. Aris died during
treatment at the hospital, not here. Not only the students but
nearby residents also have diarrhea," he said.

Th staff said 20 students were treated in several nearby
hospitals, while the remainder stayed at the boarding school.

He said that two doctors and three nurses had come to the
school to take care of the students.

"Officials from the Bogor Health Agency have also come here to
check what has happened. We hope that they will know soon the
cause of the illness, and all of the students will be cured," the
employee said.