Eight Monsey boys treated for unknown illness after trip to Ukraine
By: News 12 Staff Aug 25, 2021, 10:10am Updated on: Aug 25, 2021
At least eight boys from Monsey are hospitalized and being treated for an unknown illness they may have contracted overseas.
A total of 20 students returned from the Ukraine Tuesday night and boarded a bus home.
That's when reports started coming in of an unknown illness, with requests for an ambulance.
Paramedics arrived on scene, rushing all those who were sick to area hospitals.
The eight patients from Monsey are being treated at the Rockland Hatzolah.
Some of the symptoms they were experiencing include: vomiting, nausea, fever and increased heart rate.