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September 8, 2005
No health risks posed by displaced studentsDr. Eduardo Sanchez, Texas Commissioner of State Health Services, said this week that students displaced by Hurricane Katrina enrolling in Texas schools pose no increased health risk to Texas students. In a statement, he addressed those concerns and said schools are safe:
Sanchez said some Texas parents have expressed concerns about health risks to their own children from the incoming students' exposure to floodwater and their vaccination status. He called the concerns "understandable but unfounded."
"Many of these kids were not exposed to floodwater," Sanchez said. "And those who were exposed are being evaluated in the various shelters for types of exposure and monitored for illness symptoms and are getting treatment if they need it. Standard practice says any child, not just evacuees, who's sick should not be sent to school."
Posted September 8, 2005 11:45 AM | Hurricane Relief Efforts
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