Article: NSW: Pool closed as 41 students taken to hospital

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NSW: Pool closed as 41 students taken to hospital

SYDNEY, Feb 26 AAP - A leaking swimming pool pump in a northern NSW town led to 41 schoolchildren being taken to hospital with sore eyes today, a health official said.

The primary school students, aged between eight and 10, were having a swimming lesson at the local public pool in Manilla, 30km north-west of Tamworth, when they complained of sore eyes at around 1.20pm (AEDT).

Ambulance officers treated ten students at the pool but 41 children were taken to the local hospital for further treatment.

"They have all been treated in the emergency department of the Manilla Health Service (hospital) but they ...

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