THE Education Department is to decide whether all physical education teachers should have first-aid qualifications after an eight-year-old girl died during a ball game at school.
Kwok Mui-yee, a Primary Three student at St Mary's Canossian School, Tsim Sha Tsui, with a record of heart problems, collapsed on Tuesday during the game and never regained consciousness.
Four other secondary students, including a 12-year-old girl with a history of heart problems, were admitted to hospital yesterday after fainting or complaining of dizziness.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital's chief-of-service at the Accident and Emergency Department, Dr Yip Sai-hang, said Mui-yee might have been saved had she been given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and cardiac massage immediately after collapsing.
Education Department Principal Inspector (Physical Education) David Kan Wing-kay said the initial inquiry into the accident completed yesterday found the school had taken appropriate emergency measures during the accident.
'The inquiry also found the amount and type of physical exercises given to students were appropriate,' Mr Kan said.
