Parents angry as Texas football practice sends students to hospital [View all]
Parents of high school football players in Texas who needed medical attention because of a gruelling team workout said they were horrified by their children's treatment.
The students were forced to do nearly 400 push-ups without a water break, said Dr Osehotue Okojie, a parent of one student who had to go to hospital.
"It's been a nightmare of a week," she told the BBC's US partner CBS News.
The school's head football coach, John Harrell, has been placed on leave.
More than a dozen players had to go to hospital after the drill at Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Texas, according to Dr Okojie.
She said her son came home from an off-season practice two weeks ago in pain and unable to lift his arms.
He was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a medical condition that involves the breakdown of muscle tissue that causes the release of a damaging protein into the blood, she said. He spent a week in the hospital before coming home.
Link - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64305554
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I'm sorry, but this coach was put on leave? He should be fired and charged with endangerment. There is no excuse for this.
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