6 taken ill due to food poisoning

IANS / Oct 9, 2024, 04:38 IST

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Patna: Six people, including five children, fell ill due to food poisoning in Banka district, an official said on Tuesday. The incident occurred in Chaukhat village after they returned home from a fair in Kendau.
After coming home, they ate less dinner, saying they had consumed snacks at the fair and slept. Later, around 1am on Tuesday, they complained of vomiting and diarrhoea and were rushed to the referral hospital in Amarpur for treatment.The father of one of the victims, Rajesh Manjhi, confirmed the sequence of events. The ailing people were identified as Laddu Kumar (12), Sapna Kumari (5), Gopal Kumar (12), Rabina Kumari (6), Gangiya Kumari (13) and Urmila Devi.
As their health condition did not improve, they were transferred to Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Bhagalpur. Dr Apurv Aman Singh, who treated them at the referral hospital, confirmed that all the children showed symptoms of food poisoning. IANS

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