About 204 others were treated as out-patients and were sent home, he added.
Constantino said that six of the 24 schoolchildren admitted are from the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, 13 in Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur and five in Zamboanga del Norte.
DOH officials said the number of patients may increase as reports continue to come from the different parts of the region. As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, about 1,000 children who took the deworming tablet were reportedly rushed to hospitals.
Constantino said the out-patients were from the following areas: Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, 20; Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur, 55; Piñan, Zamboanga del Norte, 69; and, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, 60.
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