JAKARTA - As many as 100 boarding school students in southern Kerala, India were hospitalized after complaining of stomach pain and diarrhea. This is the latest incident in a case of suspected food poisoning in the state.
Javahar School student Navodaya Vidyalaya in Wayanad District fell ill, after they had eaten dorm food over the past few days, prompting authorities to take them to the hospital.
A team of experts from the Ministry of Health conducted an examination and collected drinking water samples from the dormitory and sent them for laboratory tests, the district government said, as reported by The National News Jan. 31.
The administration said the first case was reported on January 24 and on January 30, 98 students fell ill
In an incident of poisoning similar foods, 100 nursing students from Snehodaya College in Thrissur, Kerala, fell ill after eating food served at a college dormitory on January 26.
The state has been hit by food poisoning in recent months, raising concerns about food safety.
At least two people, both customers in separate cases, have died in the state since December last year due to suspected food poisoning.
A 19-year-old woman, who died, is said to have struggled with symptoms of food poisoning for a week in Kasaragod on January 7. She reportedly served contaminated food in a restaurant there.
He has consumed manthi dishes or baths which are Middle Eastern meat and rice dishes popular in coastal states because of his expatriate community, ordered from online restaurants. Four members of his family also fell ill but they recovered.
Meanwhile, a 33-year-old nurse died and more than two dozen suffered from food poisoning, after eating at a restaurant in Kottayam on December 29.
The deaths prompted the Department of Manpower Health and the Department of Food Safety to conduct inspections across restaurants in the state.
In this regard, more than 500 restaurants were raided, 48 of which were suspended for violating food hygiene rules or operating without appropriate permits.
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