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| A student has been taken to hospital after she was barred from going to the toilet after the end of a university entrance exam. | |
| Invigilators prevented the 19-year-old from leaving the exam room for 40 minutes even though she had completed the test, to study medicine at the University of Palermo in Sicily. | |
| The student, who suffers from a urinary tract problem, was forced to suffer in painful silence despite desperate pleas to examiners. The delay led to bleeding as a result of cystitis, forcing the woman to attend hospital, her sister told local media. | The student, who suffers from a urinary tract problem, was forced to suffer in painful silence despite desperate pleas to examiners. The delay led to bleeding as a result of cystitis, forcing the woman to attend hospital, her sister told local media. |
| The Local reported stricter exam rules had been introduced by the Italian university this year because of a spate of cheating in recent times. | |
| After returning from hospital, the student, who has not been named, returned to claim her iPhone – handed to invigilators – only to find that it had “disappeared”, the news website said.Her older sister, Floriana, said: “She suffers from a urinary tract problem and was visibly suffering. | After returning from hospital, the student, who has not been named, returned to claim her iPhone – handed to invigilators – only to find that it had “disappeared”, the news website said.Her older sister, Floriana, said: “She suffers from a urinary tract problem and was visibly suffering. |
| “But they told her that if she went to the bathroom her test would be annulled. But the long wait caused serious consequences. | “But they told her that if she went to the bathroom her test would be annulled. But the long wait caused serious consequences. |
| “As soon as she got to the bathroom she was bleeding due to a hemorrhagic cystitis.” | |
| “In addition to the physical damage caused by her holding her wee longer than she should have, there was moral damage too.” | “In addition to the physical damage caused by her holding her wee longer than she should have, there was moral damage too.” |