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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Foam fete incident referred to school board

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Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly

Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly

Sev­er­al teenagers who at­tend­ed Hillview Col­lege’s Cloud 9 A Chill Foam Par­ty last week­end were rushed for med­ical at­ten­tion af­ter ex­pe­ri­enc­ing burn­ing and ir­ri­tat­ed eyes from the foam

Stu­dents from Hillview Col­lege, St Au­gus­tine Girls’ High School and Lak­sh­mi Girls’ Hin­du Col­lege sought treat­ment with­in an hour of the event on Sat­ur­day.

Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter Dr Nyan Gads­by-Dol­ly is aware of in­ci­dent and con­firmed that the Pres­by­ter­ian School Board will re­lease a state­ment ad­dress­ing the in­ci­dent.

Stu­dents were ob­served seek­ing med­ical at­ten­tion on Sat­ur­day night at the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex in Mt Hope, San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal, Ch­agua­nas Hos­pi­tal, Ari­ma Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, and var­i­ous pri­vate med­ical fa­cil­i­ties, in­clud­ing St Au­gus­tine Pri­vate Hos­pi­tal, and Med­ical As­so­ciates in St Joseph.

The in­ci­dent is be­ing in­ves­ti­gat­ed.


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