Students at school on Navajo Nation treated for taking pills

Wednesday, April 13, 2011  

Five students at a public school on the Navajo Nation were hospitalized after ingesting prescription medication.

A student brought the pills to the Eva B. Stokely Elementary School in Shiprock, New Mexico, on Friday. He gave them to four students, who had to be transported to the Northern Navajo Medical Center for treatment.

"This is a very serious matter," James Preminger, a spokesperson for the Central Consolidated School District, told The Farmington Daily Times. "The health, safety and well-being of our students is extremely important."

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Students hospitalized after ingesting pills (The Farmington Daily Times 4/12)