16 Students In Cianjur Toxic MBG Menu Already Activities, Health Office Still Monitors

The Gekbrong Health Center, Cianjur Regency, West Java, handled dozens of students who experienced confusion after eating the Free Nutrition Food menu.ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri.

JAKARTA - The Health Office (Dinkes) of Cianjur Regency in West Java (West Java), recorded that dozens of students at the Raudhatul Mutaqqin Foundation in Gekbrong District who were poisoned after eating the Free Nutrition Food (MBG) menu had returned to normal activities and were still under the supervision of health workers.

Head of Cianjur District Health Office Made Setiawan said the process of medical treatment and investigation related to the exact cause of poisoning went according to established procedures involving a joint team and task force.

"In-depth investigations are being carried out to find the exact cause of the poisoning that befell 16 students, the team has taken samples for laboratory examinations, the results will be reported after the examination is complete," he said in Cianjur Friday, confiscated by Antara.

He explained that in supporting the national program, the importance of joint supervision of the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) as the executor in fulfilling all the requirements provided by the National Nutrition Agency, including licensing so that there is no poisoning.

So that the local government makes a task force in each region to ensure that the entire MBG process starts from processing to distribution in appropriate conditions, so that it can suppress the occurrence of the same case that happened to students as beneficiaries.

"We will continue to oversee this national program going well and ensure that there will be no more similar cases in the future against beneficiaries," he said.

As reported by the Cianjur District Health Office, it noted that around 16 students of the Raudatul Muttaqin Foundation in Songgom Village, Gekbrong District, received treatment at the local health center after complaining of dizziness, nausea and vomiting after eating Free Nutrition (MBG).

Head of the Gekbrong Health Center, Titin Kuraesin, said that his party immediately carried out treatment when dozens of students complained of dizziness, nausea and vomiting after eating the MBG menu such as rice, chicken katsu, tofu with soy sauce, cucumber, and wine.

"A total of 14 people received treatment at the puskesmas, while the other two people were treated at the school, most of them complained about the same thing after eating the MBG menu," he said.

After five hours of receiving treatment at the puskesmas, he said, the health condition of dozens of students began to improve and now all students have been sent home, but still receive supervision from health workers.