By empty (2/21/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The health of children from Chechnya\'s Shelkovskoi district diagnosed with a pseudo-asthmatic condition a few weeks ago has worsened after they returned home following treatment at hospitals in Stavropol and other North Caucasus towns, Chechen state television reported on Monday evening. The children have now started to experience nose bleeds, which did not happened before. \"We were given medicines, after which we could not control ourselves for hours and felt intoxicated.
The health of children from Chechnya\'s Shelkovskoi district diagnosed with a pseudo-asthmatic condition a few weeks ago has worsened after they returned home following treatment at hospitals in Stavropol and other North Caucasus towns, Chechen state television reported on Monday evening. The children have now started to experience nose bleeds, which did not happened before. \"We were given medicines, after which we could not control ourselves for hours and felt intoxicated. We do not know what medicines we were given,\" a woman, who underwent treatment in Stavropol together with the children, told a local television station. The Chechen Health Ministry, together with the federal Education and Emergency Situations Ministries and the other agencies concerned, is investigating the cause of the outbreak. (Interfax)