5 high school students in Ho Chi Minh City hospitalized, suspected of poisoning

Some students of Le Quy Don High School (District 3) were hospitalized after vomiting a lot of food they ate at noon and having stomach aches. Samples were sent for testing to find the cause.

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On the afternoon of October 10, Saigon General Hospital received and is monitoring 5 students of Le Quy Don High School suspected of food poisoning.

Dr. Vu Duc Nhan, Deputy Head of the General Planning Department, said that at around 3 p.m., Saigon General Hospital received information from the 115 Emergency Center about a number of suspected cases of food poisoning at Le Quy Don High School. Saigon General Hospital immediately sent an emergency team to the school.

After reaching the students, the emergency team decided to take 5 cases to the hospital for monitoring. At the time of admission, the students vomited a lot of food they had eaten at noon, had dull abdominal pain around the navel, and were responsive.

The Emergency Department team performed fluid resuscitation, pain relief for the patients and closely monitored the situation. Currently, all 5 patients are conscious, have stable vital signs, no more vomiting and no more abdominal pain. They are 11th and 12th grade students of the school.

5 students suspected of poisoning are being closely monitored at Saigon General Hospital.

Following the instructions of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control, the hospital took samples of the patient's vomit and stool and sent them to the Institute of Public Health for toxicological and microbiological testing to find the cause. The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety has also taken note of the incident.

GIAO LINH

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/5-hoc-sinh-thpt-tai-tphcm-nhap-vien-nghi-ngo-ngo-doc-post763040.html