Related
Stories
Dozens of
novice monks have been taken to hospital after an attack by a swarm of bees in
northern Thailand.
The monks
were cleaning the Chedi Luang temple in Chiang Mai province on Saturday when
the attack took place.
The Bangkok
Post said more than 70 monks were admitted to hospital, quoting one doctor as
saying he had seen 19 in serious condition.
Bee stings
typically cause skin rashes and nausea but multiple attacks are more serious
and occasionally deadly.
Temple
abbot Phra Ratcha Jetiyajarn told the Post that 76 monks had been taken to
three regional hospitals.
The paper
quoted Naren Chotirosnimitr, the director of the Maharaj Nakorn hospital in
Chiang Mai, as saying 53 had been treated there, with six arriving in a coma
suffering with low blood pressure.
Most of the
monks were later discharged.
The abbot
said the bees were from hives kept at the temple. They had been no problem
previously and it was unclear why they had attacked, he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.