A primary school accidentally turned on the ultraviolet light and burned the eyes of hundreds of students. The school responded

Hundreds of students burned their eyes when UV lamps were turned on by mistake in a primary school in Hangzhou. The school said it was investigating

　　Recently, some classes in the second grade of Xingle Campus of Xingqiao No.1 Primary School in Yuhang District, Hangzhou City mistakenly turned on ultraviolet light. Parents claimed that hundreds of students were burnt to the eyes.

On September 3, The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned from the school that the school is currently investigating, "We have someone who will speak on this matter."

　　On the afternoon of the 3rd, the parent Mr. Li told The Paper that his daughter is 7 years old and is studying in the second grade of the Xingle campus of Hangzhou Xingqiao No. 1 Primary School. The child was picked up by his grandfather on the afternoon of the 1st and found her daughter’s face flushed. And there are bloodshot eyes.

　　Mr. Li said that he learned from other parents that more than one child had bloodshot eyes, "They said it was caused by ultraviolet light."

　　A diagnosis result from the First People's Hospital of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, provided by Mr. Li, showed that his 7-year-old child had conjunctival hyperemia in both eyes, and the corneal epithelium was flaked off.

The hospital initially diagnosed electrooptic ophthalmia.

　　Mr. Li said that the hospital's diagnosis showed that the child's vision was not affected, but some students with serious conditions still had very swollen eyes with bloodshot eyes.

So far the students have left the hospital.

　　Mr. Li said that after the incident, they and their parents set up a "UV Lamp Incident Rights Protection Group". The Paper entered the group and found that there were nearly 100 parents in the group.

　　Some parents in the rights protection group told The Paper that each classroom in the second grade has 8 ultraviolet lamps for disinfection. Three classrooms were involved this time, and a total of 129 students were affected.

The length of time the ultraviolet light will be turned on cannot be determined for the time being, and the children said it was turned off soon after school.

　　At present, five parents in the group said to The Paper that their children’s diagnosis results were all electro-optical ophthalmia, and another parent said that their children’s macular area was damaged.