More than 100 workers faint at Shenzhou garment factory
More than 100 workers of Shenzhou garment factory in Phnom Penh fainted Thursday, one day after a similar mass fainting at the same factory. The first workers fainted at about 8 a.m., setting off a chain reaction that sent the entire workforce running from the factory in fear. The Cambodian Legal Education Center, a rights group, said 118 workers were hospitalized. … On Wednesday, 61 workers fainted at Shenzhou, which is in the Vattanac Industrial Park in Pur Senchey district. … Doctors, nurses, factory staff and the district governor all had different explanations for the mass fainting on Veng Sreng street. However, all agreed that the workers had been subject to low light and poor ventilation. Dr. Sen Dinei, whose Ekreach Clinic was filled to capacity with 50 fainters Wednesday and Thursday, said it was impossible to tell exactly what had caused the women to faint, but that poor nutrition was definitely a factor. … Pur Senchey district governor Khem Sun Soda said that conditions in the Chinese-owned factory were to blame. On Wednesday, his immediate superior blamed the faintings on workers drinking too much at a party the night before. “The National Social Security Fund told the factory that they need to reorganize so the conditions are not so hot for workers,” he said. “Doctors don’t know why they fainted, but the NSSF has requested that the workers stay away from the factory until Monday.” …
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
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