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The Huergo students blocked Gaona avenue and decided not to attend classes \/ Photo: Generic. <\/p>\n The Huergo students blocked Gaona avenue and decided not to attend classes \/ Photo: Generic. <\/p>\n
The technical school number 9 Ingeniero Luis Huergo, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito, suspended classes on Tuesday after the claim of students and their families for cleaning and rat extermination, after a fourth-year student was bitten by a rat and videos were known <\/strong>in which groups of these rodents are seen circulating through the corridors and classrooms.<\/p>\n “Yesterday afternoon I found out that a rat had bitten a fourth-year boy, a classmate told me, because the government just reported it last night. Thanks to the fact that the students blocked Gaona Avenue, they held an assembly and decided not to attend classes, the decision was made to suspend classes to do something,” a school teacher told T\u00e9lam.<\/p>\n The students warned that “without fumigation and in these conditions you cannot study”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The student was referred yesterday afternoon to the Durand Hospital and After receiving anti-rabies treatment at the Pasteur Institute, he was discharged and is in good health.<\/strong>as reported by the Buenos Aires Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n The mother of a student at the school denounced this Tuesday that a claim had been made three weeks ago for the presence of rodents in the establishment.<\/p>\n “A real deratization does not require a single day, because in addition to the fact that they are chemical products that cannot be breathed, the dead rodents must be removed. And even We do not know if it is actually being carried out<\/strong>so it would be important for the authorities to clarify it,” the woman told C5N from the door of the institution.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, from the Instagram account of the Huergo student center they denounced the situation of the school.<\/p>\n City of Buenos Aires | A rat bit a student in the Huergo and classes were suspended https:\/\/t.co\/wkwLUXAfqb pic.twitter.com\/HQRtsSGUQo<\/p>\n \u2013 T\u00e9lam Agency (@AgenciaTelam) April 25, 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n “Without fumigation and in these conditions it is not possible to study, in recent weeks we have received claims about the presence of rats and this situation has been going on for a year and still unresolved<\/strong>“, indicated the students.<\/p>\n And they added: “We want them to give us a concrete solution to this problem, with fumigations that are carried out in the proper way and not putting baits and traps to catch the rats but that, ultimately, do not solve anything concretely.”<\/p>\n The Ministry of Education reported that the rat extermination process was carried out on April 21.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Meanwhile, the teacher who spoke with T\u00e9lam reported that after the students complained, “the administration reported that it was going to suspend classes to carry out a disinfection process<\/strong>but the official statement was not given during the day.<\/p>\n In turn, he remarked that rats “have been around for a long time, there are thousands of videos circulating where rats are seen in corridors, classrooms, patios, and no preventive measures were taken to attack the root problem, such as knowing where the nests are.” or lauchitas”.<\/p>\n From the Ministry of Education of CABA they reported that On April 21, the General Directorate of School Maintenance had carried out the deratization process <\/strong>placing baits in different areas of the school.<\/p>\n Educational sources indicated that a new deratization is scheduled for this Tuesday accompanied by deep cleaning tasks.<\/p>\n In turn, the Pest Control Operational Sub-Management, dependent on the Public Space and Urban Hygiene portfolio of the city of Buenos Aires, He also carried out an environment deratization on April 21<\/strong>according to the sources, who reported that there is another operation scheduled for this week. <\/p>\n\n
rats and disinfection<\/h2>\n