PE teacher "not at fault" in death of 11 year old student

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PE teacher "not at fault" in death of 11 year old student

 

Picture: Tnews

 

A representative of the Bangkok administration told reporters yesterday that a PE teacher at a school where an 11 year old girl died after running around a track in the heat of the day was not at fault.

 

Patraporn Watcharamonthian or "Nurse" died after the PE class at the Wat Thung Khru School.

 

Yesterday her parents along with police and Paveena Hongsakul of the foundation that bears her name met before travelling to the school to meet the director. The parents were looking for justice for their daughter, reported TNA.

 

The PE teacher concerned was not in attendance.

 

Director Rawang Leewichai said that the class was just a normal one and all procedures were followed. There was no question that the children - and there were 43 in the class - were forced to run. They were asked if there was any reason they should not run.

 

"Nurse" had no previous conditions or reason not to join in with the others and there was no question that this was punishment in any way, said the director.

 

Pitchaya Narkwatchara of the Bangkok Administration said that the initial inquiry showed that no fault could be attached to either the PE teacher or the actions of the medical staff at the school who were called when the student felt unwell.

 

The student was not unconscious following the run but the parents were contacted to pick her up.

 

The parents decided to take her to hospital later. She died following this.

 

However, the school is said to be reviewing its practices in PE especially during the heat of the day.

 

Source: Tnews

 

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[doremifasol]

R.I.P poor girl......

[phantomfiddler]

Regrettably these things do sometimes happen, and it is no-one,s fault and no need to try and find a scapegoat.

[Classic Ray]

I think there should at least be a Post Mortem examination to determine the cause of death before anyone is exonerated or found at fault.

 

Just because only one child died does not mean that the environment was suitable for strenuous exercise. The first call maybe should have been to send the girl to hospital immediately, not to give the parents the responsibility, when it looks like they acted too late.

Edited February 7, 2018 by Classic Ray

[300sd]

As said above, the school may be incompetent for not understanding that this young lady needed a hospital and fast.

Edited February 7, 2018 by 300sd

[denby45]

An unfortunate incident. R.I.P. little one.

 

Actually reminds me of my old school days many centuries ago. I am and always have been an asthma sufferer. So as a child I could not do much running before being very out of breath and grabbing for my inhaler. My PE teacher at the time tore up my excuse note from my mother and forced me to participate in the cross country run. I really struggled the first few times and never managed to finish. Slowly buy surely I got better and better at it and to cut a long story short I ended up on the cross country team. I never had to use my inhaler after that. I continued jogging/running all my life and surprisingly kept the dreaded asthma at bay. Until the dreaded arthritis hit me a couple of years ago and I had to stop running. The asthma is again rearing it's ugly head and the cycling and swimming does not seem to keep it at bay.

 

Den 

[Krataiboy]

I have yet to come a cross a state school here with an indoor gymnasium, let alone one that is air conditioned. With the kind of budget the Government throws at the Ministry of Education - one of the most generous per capita in the world - every secondary school, at least, should have a gym

 

At my daughter's junior school, basketball and volleyball are played outdoors on a small playground which is cluttered with climbing frames, swings and other exercise equipment.

 

There are no showers  - which means that after working out in the hot sun, the kids spend the rest of their school day in sweat-soaked clothes. Small wonder so many go down with ben wat and other infections.

 

With successive governments lavishing around a fifth of the annual national budget on what is arguably the worst education system in the region, it's time parents started demanding more bang for their buck.

[sometimewoodworker]

3 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

I think there should at least be a Post Mortem examination to determine the cause of death before anyone is exonerated or found at fault.

 

Just because only one child died does not mean that the environment was suitable for strenuous exercise. The first call maybe should have been to send the girl to hospital immediately, not to give the parents the responsibility, when it looks like they acted too late.

I have great sympathy for the parents however.

 

1 Child feels unwell at school after a normal exercise, your first reaction is to send them to hospital? BS the school acted correctly (assuming the child was not in great distress) hindsight is a wonderful thing.

 

Send every child who doesn't feel well (or claims to feel unwell) to hospital? See how that idea works, IMNSHO a very bad idea.

 

At the moment there is correlation (after an exercise period a child dies) not causation (the exercise was the cause of death), and even if there is shown to be causation (hyperthermia) at what point was the problem noticeably.

 

If indeed hyperthermia was the cause then the teachers should probably get training in the symptoms, they are only subtlety different from the usual after exercise reactions.

[Just Weird]

2 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

 

There are no showers  - which means that after working out in the hot sun, the kids spend the rest of their school day in sweat-soaked clothes. Small wonder so many go down with ben wat and other infections.

 

"Small wonder so many go down with ben wat.."

You've been here too long, colds are not caused by being wet or hot, they're caused by viruses.

[Krataiboy]

3 hours ago, Just Weird said:

"Small wonder so many go down with ben wat.."

You've been here too long, colds are not caused by being wet or hot, they're caused by viruses.

We all know that, but did YOU know that "poor hygiene" (i.e. not showering after exercise) "exposes your body to more germs" and " leads to a weaker immune system" which makes you more vulnerable to all kinds of viruses?

 

http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-health-11-things-that-weaken-immune-system/20110104.htm#9

[Just Weird]

18 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

We all know that, but did YOU know that "poor hygiene" (i.e. not showering after exercise) "exposes your body to more germs" and " leads to a weaker immune system" which makes you more vulnerable to all kinds of viruses?

 

http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-health-11-things-that-weaken-immune-system/20110104.htm#9

Is that a fact?  Says who?  The link you quoted certainly didn't.

 

How can not showering "expose your body to more germs"?  Your body is either exposed to germs or it isn't, germs don't head for the un-showered!

[Krataiboy]

On 2/8/2018 at 2:49 PM, Just Weird said:

Is that a fact?  Says who?  The link you quoted certainly didn't.

 

How can not showering "expose your body to more germs"?  Your body is either exposed to germs or it isn't, germs don't head for the un-showered!

germs don't head for the un-showered!

 

I'll take your word for that.