70 TN students hospitalised for eye irritation

As many as 70 students of a state-aided school here were hospitalised after they complained of eye-irritation reportedly due to exposure to glaring lights at the annual day function, police said today.

Thirty-five adults, including parents and teachers, were also admitted to a nearby hospital, they said.

Bright lights were put up on the stage during the annual event of the Erwadi Elementary School yesterday, police said.

Some of them were too bright for the children to bear, they said.

The lights were switched off after the students complained of irritation and swelling of eyes, they said.