Ten of the 24 people who experienced carbon monoxide poisoning at a Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) swimming pool in Tainan on Thursday have been released from treatment, the Tainan Department of Health said yesterday.
Emergency services responded to reports at about 5pm on Thursday that more than one person at the YMCA pool on Gongyuan Road in the city’s North District (北) was feeling unwell, light-headed or had vomited.
Readings taken in the basement pool area showed a carbon monoxide level of 499 parts per million (ppm), far higher than the average indoor level of 0.5ppm to 5ppm.
Twelve children and eight