Sixteen children from the Sophia Care Centre were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, (GPHC) yesterday following complaints of vomiting and diarrhea.Four of the children, between the ages of eight and 10 years old,Juan Vazquez Mexico Jersey, were eventually admitted to the Pediatric Unit of the State Health facility after they were seen by doctors.The Sophia Care CenterKaieteur News understands that the children had been suffering from an outbreak of nausea and diarrhea, for the past two days.Officials of the Care Centre facility were tight lipped about the subject. However,Santi Cazorla Jersey, a source close to the institution revealed that the illness may have been caused by the consumption of the tap water.“But we hear that a flu going around,Cesc Fabregas Chelsea Jersey,” the source said.This newspaper was told that this first occurrence of “any such outbreak” at Sophia Care Centre.GPHC in a press statement reported that the students from the Sophia Care Centre were taken to hospital around midmorning yesterday. They were treated at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the institution.At the hospital the teachers who accompanied the children could provide no information on the children. The nurses were forced to ask the children for bio data. And even this was not forthcoming. Some of the children gave what is known as “call names” and only gave their proper names when pressed. One child did not even know his surname.Head of Child Care and Protection Services, Ann Greene,Steven Berghuis Netherlands Jersey, said that she was unaware of the occurrence.“I will not comment on that I don’t know of anything like that,Ryan Kent Jersey, I will have to investigate first before I make a suitable comment,Mesut Ozil Arsenal Jersey,” Greene said.The Sophia Care Centre was commissioned in 2011 under the leadership of then Human Services and Social Security Minister, Priya Manickchand.It was constructed with the rehabilitation of abused children in mind. The building has the capacity to accommodate 100 children. It has the necessary equipment and amenities for educational, vocational and life- skills training pursuits, which cultivates positive rehabilitation of the children.