More than 80 people were hospitalized after eating bread in Ho Chi Minh City, bacteria causing food poisoning was found.

(Dan Tri) - On November 8, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced that it had found the agent that caused dozens of people to be poisoned after eating bread sold on Nguyen Thai Son Street, Hanh Thong Ward.

Accordingly, in recent days, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has recorded cases of suspected food poisoning after eating bread purchased at a shop on Nguyen Thai Son Street, Hanh Thong Ward.

By the morning of November 8, 4 hospitals reported to the Department of Health in the above incident, with more than 80 cases ( Military Hospital 175 recorded 47 cases, Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City received 16 cases, 19 cases were admitted to Gia Dinh People's Hospital, 1 case was admitted to Binh Dan Hospital). Of which, 47 patients were discharged.

At Gia Dinh People's Hospital alone, among the 19 cases admitted on November 5 due to symptoms of food poisoning after eating bread, one case was recorded with severe abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea many times. Later, the patient's blood culture results were positive for Salmonella bacteria.

Currently, most of the poisoned patients in the above incident are stable.

Gia Dinh People's Hospital, one of the medical facilities receiving and treating cases of poisoning after eating bread (Photo: Hoang Le).

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has directed hospitals to ensure admission, classification and treatment according to the correct treatment regimen for food poisoning patients, including rehydration and electrolyte replacement, monitoring vital signs and organ function, appropriate paraclinical indications, taking stool samples and blood cultures when suspected of bacterial infection before using antibiotics.

If antibiotics are indicated, consider the direction of Salmonella enteric bacteria and adjust accordingly.

Also according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, up to now, hospitals have fully implemented the quick reporting regime to the Medical Affairs Department, including admission status, number of severe cases, microbiology results and complications, to promptly coordinate and unify treatment regimens.

Initially, the clinical and paraclinical data of most patients with food poisoning after eating bread were consistent with intestinal bacteria, most likely Salmonella. Hospitals also coordinated to provide information to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety to serve the tracing and verification work.

It is known that the Department of Food Safety has temporarily suspended the operation of the relevant facility to investigate, collect food and environmental samples, and conduct professional steps to determine the cause of the poisoning according to its authority.

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