JAKARTA - The West Pasaman Regency Health Office (Dinkes), West Sumatra (Sumbar), is handling 25 residents suspected of food poisoning from meatballs in Jorong Pigogah Air Bangis, Sungai Beremas District.
"We have treated them at the Air Bangis Health Center by giving them medication according to their complaints, such as intravenous fluids, fever medication, zinc, and oralit," said the Head of the West Pasaman Health Office, Gina Alecia, in Simpang Empat, Thursday, April 16, reported by ANTARA.
He said the poisoning victims consisted of 24 children with ages ranging from 12-15 and one adult.
After treatment was carried out until Thursday (16/4) afternoon from the 25 people, he said, eight people were treated as outpatients, 14 people had gone home because they were healthy, and three people were still being treated with the condition having started to improve.
Currently, the West Pasaman Health Office team is carrying out field investigations or epidemiological investigations to the health centers and to the location of Jorong Pigogah.
"Food samples and vomit samples have been obtained and will soon be sent to the Provincial Health Laboratory (Labkesda) for examination of the cause of poisoning for examination of the cause of poisoning," he said.
He explained that the incident of poisoning the tusuk meatballs occurred on Wednesday (15/4) at 20.00 WIB.
Initially, as many as 22 people experienced poisoning with complaints of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. They can be treated at the Air Bangis Health Center.
On Wednesday night, 17 people were treated at the health center and five people were treated at home and returned home.
Then on Thursday (16/4) morning there were three additional outpatients with complaints of dizziness and shortness of breath and have been given treatment.
"After treatment, there are still three people receiving treatment," said the Head of the West Pasaman Health Office, GinaAlecia.
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