Tension has gripped Kisumu Girls High School after a Form one student died mysteriously in the dormitory.
Police have launched investigations to unravel the cause of death of a form one student who died on Friday morning mysteriously after arriving at the hospital.
A preliminary police report indicates that the girl had been sick for the past week and was being treated at the school’s dispensary.
However, on Friday morning preps, it is alleged that the girl woke up normally and joined her fellow students in the class for studies in the wee hours of the morning.
Her colleagues, however, when the preps were over the girl who was resting on her desk dint leave for breakfast prompting her friends to become concerned when the girl extended her stay in the class and went to check on her, only to find her weak and unable to stand up.
“They notified the school matron who organised for her to be taken to the nearby Kisumu County Referral Hospital where she was pronounced dead,” said the police boss.
Some parents who spoke to Nation claimed the school’s officials are very strict and that they are always reluctant to release students to seek medical attention when they report that they are feeling unwell.
Students in Class at Kisumu Girls High School
Hospital authorities declined to comment on the matter until the next of kin have been informed and a postmortem conducted.
A team of Education officials are currently at the school and said they would issue a comprehensive report after investigations are completed.
Cases of students dying while in school have previously on the rise