Three Chinese kindergartens have been accused of giving their students prescription medication without the children's parents' knowledge. The administrators were giving the children a drug called moroxydine ABOB, which is meant to prevent the flu. They did this in an attempt to get perfect attendance, because the schools are paid based on their attendance rates. The drug, however, wasn't as helpful as they thought. Doctors and scientists know little about this medicine and its side effects. Parents reported side effects in their children ranging from sweating and stomachaches to things as scary as irregular heartbeats, genial swelling, and leg pains. Many children, when tested, also showed signs of possible liver or kidney damage. This drugging has been happening for at least three years without ever being noticed before. Administrators have been arrested and schools shut down due to this behavior. All the children are being tested in hospitals and authorities are looking into how the schools got their huge supplies of prescription medication.
I think this is absolutely terrible. The fact that these administrators care more about money than the well-being of their young students is just outrageous. Something as simple as the flu vaccine would be sufficient for the kids to have, and of course, they still need to tell the parents. I would be so angry if I found out that the child I had trusted to a kindergarten school had been getting drugged for the past three years without me knowing. Especially since the symptoms of the drug sound worse than getting the actual flu! I can't believe this happened, but I'm very glad that the schools have been caught and closed. Hopefully the drug hasn't had lasting effects on the poor kindergarteners.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/19/world/asia/kindergarten-china-drugs/index.html
Wow this is really awful that they did something like this, and the side effects they had are really awful
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