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SHAN STATE – More than ten students were hospitalized as they fainted during the drugs burning event organized by junta council in Taunggyi Township.
Junta council organized an event for International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26 at Aweiya hot air balloon Field in Taunggyi City.
Taunggyi Red Cross Association reported with photos that students who attended the event lost consciousness and fell down.
13 students were reportedly taken to the hospital. The students had to come very early in the morning before the event with empty stomach and the smell from burning drugs made them fainted, said a person who gave first aid treatment to the students.
Out of the 13 students who were hospitalized, five of them have been discharged from the hospital.