9 primary school students in Bac Kan suddenly showed unusual behavior

Some children fainted, some suddenly shivered, jumped, and talked nonsense; when they woke up, they couldn't remember anything.

According to the Bac Kan Department of Health, the incident occurred at Na Ban school, Xuan Lac Primary School, Cho Don District. Nine primary school students showed abnormal signs of cognition and health, including five third-grade students, one fourth-grade student, and three fifth-grade students. Of these, eight were from Coc Slong village and one was from Na Ban village.

This unusual symptom is that children suddenly faint for a while and then wake up. Some children suddenly shiver and jump, talking nonsense “I am this person, that person”, “I came out of the ground”… After that, when they wake up, they don’t remember anything, and live and study normally.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hoc, Director of Bac Kan Department of Health, said that he has sent officials to the locality to investigate the incident. Currently, the survival index of these children is normal, not life-threatening.

“We are also very worried but do not know the cause, we will have to wait for experts from the National Children's Hospital. Initially, we ask the school and local authorities to closely monitor to ensure the safety of the children,” said Mr. Hoc.

On December 15, the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, Ministry of Health requested the Director of the National Children's Hospital to send experts to coordinate and support the Bac Kan Department of Health to survey, examine, determine the cause and direction to resolve the above situation for the children. The results will be promptly reported to the Department before December 22.

While waiting to find out the cause, experts think more about the possibility that the children have dissociative disorders, a group of common disorders that occur more often in girls than boys.

According to VNE