A party organized by a high school in the Danish city of Horsens ended with the local doctor’s office being run down by students the following day:
The students tell of mysterious symptoms, especially when they woke up the following day:
– I couldn’t keep my eyes open, says a male student to Danish TV2.
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- Pupils from a high school in Horsens in Denmark experience mysterious symptoms after a school party.
- Students report problems keeping their eyes open and the feeling of being sunburned.
- It is suspected that the symptoms may be caused by intense ultraviolet radiation from the floodlights used at the party.
- The school’s principal has asked the supplier of the lighting rig for an explanation.
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“Sunburn”
He says that when he went home from the party with his girlfriend, they began to notice hints that something was not quite right.
– We had to blink all the time, and it hurt, says the student.
Equally strange: He had clear signs of being sunburnt on his torso and face.
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE SCHOOL: The party took place under the auspices of Horsens Gymnasium on Friday. Photo: Google Street View
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– It was as if I had been lying on the beach in Greece for a whole day without sunscreen, says the student.
He finally had to visit the emergency room in the town in the east of Jutland. There he met others with similar symptoms. The doctor also nodded in recognition.
– The doctor on duty immediately said: “You’ve been to a graduation party.”
Sunglasses instructions
Danske TV2 has been in contact with another male student, who says that his eyes are “filled with water”, so that he can’t see anything – and they sting. He, too, is “completely sunburnt”.
Fellow student Nanna Larsen (18) tells the channel that she must go to graduation with sunglasses.
– I probably know a total of 30 people who have eye problems, she says.
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A 19-year-old student the newspaper BT has spoken to says that the doctor has diagnosed damage to the outer layer of the eye, and that he has been instructed to wear sunglasses until the pain subsides. In addition, he has been given an ointment to use.
The student says on Sunday that the pain has decreased significantly.
Suspicion
The school’s principal Flemming Steen Jensen has received a number of inquiries from students and their parents after the party. Now he regrets what happened.
– When you send your hopefuls to the high school prom, it must be safe. Therefore, we investigate it very thoroughly, and we take it seriously, he says to TV2.
According to one of the students the channel has spoken to, the doctor on duty has determined that the “sunburn” indicates that the party participants have been exposed to intense ultraviolet radiation (radiation with a very short wavelength) – similar to what you are exposed to precisely when you stay in the sun.
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This is substantiated by the fact that all students with symptoms seem to have in common that they have been on the dance floor at the party, which had a “rave theme”.
Principal Jensen suspects that the radiation is due to a fault with the spotlights used at the party – for example, that a filter has been defective and let the UV radiation through, so that the spotlights have in practice functioned as a kind of solarium tube.
Jensen has therefore asked the supplier of the lighting rig for an explanation.
– Never happened before
Event company Firedisko is busy testing the lighting equipment for faults on Sunday.
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– It is a terrible situation. I am as surprised as everyone else, says owner Simon Ringholm to TV2.
He explains that the rented mobile disco during the party contained two UV cannons and a strobe light, in addition to six moving LED lamps.
– We use it every weekend, and there have been no problems, says Ringholm.
Principal Jensen, who has hired the company a number of times in the past, confirms that he has never before experienced technical problems with the equipment at the events.
