Two teenagers poisoned by carbon monoxide in Mykolaiv region

In Mykolaiv region, three people were poisoned by carbon monoxide, two of them teenagers.

This was reported by the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Mykolaiv region.

Another case was recorded in the region yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred in the village of Pryvilne of the Pryvilnyanska community in Bashtanka district. In particular, a woman born in 1976 and two girls born in 2015 and 2013 were poisoned in a stove due to a malfunctioning heating system. The victims have been hospitalized in stable condition.

It should be reminded that this is the <span>fifth case of carbon monoxide poisoning in</span> the region since the beginning of the year. <span>A total of 13 people were injured, seven of them children.</span>

For the safety of yourself and your loved ones, it was advised to regularly check the serviceability of stoves, boilers and chimneys, not to use faulty or damaged heating appliances, to ensure proper ventilation of the premises, not to close the ventilation openings and, if possible, to install carbon monoxide detectors.

Earlier, the State Emergency Service reported that a 12-year-old girl and two adults with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning were hospitalized in Mykolaiv. According to preliminary data, the incident was caused by a malfunction of a gas boiler in a residential building.

The 101 line received a report about the hospitalization of a 12-year-old girl with a preliminary diagnosis of combustion product poisoning. The child was promptly taken to the hospital to receive the necessary assistance. Two adults, a woman and a man born in 1949, were injured along with her, but they refused hospitalization.

Катерина Глушко