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Several students from the Saint-Thomas d’Aquin college in Toulouse suffered from violent stomach aches during the weekend of September 28 and 29. The health monitoring teams of the regional health agency (ARS) have excluded the most feared hypothesis.
Several students from Saint-Thomas d’Aquin college in Toulouse fell ill during the weekend of September 28 and 29, 2024. The parents of the students reported the facts to management. Fearing large-scale food poisoning, the regional health agency (ARS) carried out its investigation.
On site, students attending the private establishment, located in the Carmes district, confirm: “I vomited all weekend” explains one of them, another “had a stomach ache .” However, not all half-boarding students would have triggered symptoms. Questioned at the entrance to the establishment, a member of staff was surprised: “What are your sources? If they are parents of students, I am a little surprised that they alerted the press.”
The hypothesis of intoxication ruled out
Suspecting food poisoning, the ARS health monitoring services investigated and ruled out this hypothesis. It was invalidated for several reasons, indicates the regional health agency: “Given the low attack rate (12 patients out of 435 meals served), no other patients in the structures having consumed the same meal, a spread of cases over time, and a favorable evolution in 48-72 hours. These elements rather indicate an episode of viral gastroenteritis, a disease transmitted from person to person between students. No serious form was identified and none of the young patients were hospitalized.
