[DR1] Student dies before exam

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Excessive stress due to the National Examinations caused the death of Elvia Savinon Sanchez, 21, who suffered a heart attack, as reported by Diario Libre. Several minutes before the exams, the student told her classmates that she was very nervous. She was taken to the local clinic in Santiago and later to the Jose Maria Cabral y Baez hospital, where she passed away shortly after arriving. Dominican students must sit for national exams to pass 8th and 12th grade.

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