In the morning, the first hiccups are felt. The group that started from Welkenraedt station patient on a train for around thirty minutes in Louvain before joining the amusement park. “”The train has had technical problems. It was already hot at that time but the ventilation worked. We had already lost an hour. ” The day goes well at the park and it is on the return that the worries have been chained.
“The children started to have trouble breathing”
From Louvain, the teacher learns that several trains have been removed and that all travelers will be piled up in a single train. Contact is established with the controller in order to know the wagon reserved for them. First bad news, there is none. “”The controller tells me that the train is crowded and that he has no solution to offer me. He tells me that this is not the first time that trains have been deleted and that we find ourselves without any other solution. “
The heat is already very heavy, the group tries as much as possible to find space in an air -conditioned wagon without much success. “”We settle between two wagons and the children started not to know how to breathe well. “
At years old, there are already 4-5 children who come out, parents who have made the trip to recover them. Sonia d’Affanay continued the journey to Welkenraedt with the rest of the group. Among them, a student suffering from asthma seemed very impacted by heat. “”He wandered and nursing mothers told me that he had symptoms of dehydration. ” Throughout the day, the supervisors and supervisors made sure that the children are well hydrated, notes the teacher.
Another child vomited. The accompanying people immediately warned the ambulance so that these two students were taken care of upon their arrival at the station. One of them is “Fallen into the apples “. Both were taken to the hospital.
A lack of empathy and communication
On the train, the supporters tried to challenge the controller to find a solution to bring a little air. “”He sighed and served us because we had already opened a window. A real lack of empathy because the children did not play comedy “regrets the teacher.
She also finds a shame not to have been warned of the deletion of trains, knowing that she had reserved. “We could have found a solution with the parents. Mas there, nothing was communicated.”
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Psychological follow -up has been implemented
Following these events, the school proposed psychological follow -up. This Tuesday morning, some did not show up because they were still suffering.
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“Children were shocked, they were crying. And this morning, the two students who returned from the hospital were welcomed in crying. “ A complaint could be filed against the SNCB because the situation is not acceptable, slides the school.
For its part, the SNCB is explained: “We are sincerely sorry for this situation experienced by the children and their accompanying people. The initial train for which the reservation had been made had a technical incident before its arrival at Louvain station, and the continuation of its journey had to be canceled. The following train in which the group embarked was partially composed of cars with air conditioning and other cars without air conditioning, in which the group unfortunately seems to have been. We apologize to the children, parents and supporters concerned by this unfortunate incident. The SNCB will contact the school and offer a full reimbursement of the trip concerned. “
