Children with food allergies risk dying at school if teachers continue refusing to administer life-saving medication to counter possible allergic reactions, parents have warned.

Speaking to The Sunday Times of Malta, parents expressed concern that the directive given to teachers by their union not to administer the medication was posing serious risks for their children.

They have urged the authorities to address the situation by identifying individuals in each school who will be responsible for the administration of EpiPen.

The parents said their aim was to create awareness on the potentially-lethal conditions of their children and get the school and education authorities to realise that products like EpiPen provided a basic first aid and life-saving injection.

Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.

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