Hue: Food poisoning in Huong Tra ward

On the afternoon of November 11, the Hue City Department of Health said that Huong Tra Medical Center had received 13 cases of suspected food poisoning, and then one more person was hospitalized, bringing the total number of patients to 14.

The city's Department of Health said the workers' health has stabilized. (Illustration photo)

According to initial information, the patients were all workers of J.. Vietnam Limited Liability Company, located in the Industrial Park of Huong Tra Ward. After lunch that day, many people showed symptoms of nausea and allergies, suspected to be due to food poisoning. The menu of the meal included fish, eggs and some other dishes.

Hue City Department of Health sent a working group to coordinate with Huong Tra Medical Center, People's Committee and Huong Tra Ward Health Station to verify, investigate, collect samples and handle.

By the evening of the same day, Mr. Tran Kiem Hao, Director of the City Health Department, said that of the 14 patients, 13 were treated at Huong Tra Medical Center and 1 was transferred to Hue Central Hospital, branch II.

Currently, the health of 11 patients has stabilized, two continue to be monitored, of which, the case treated at Hue Central Hospital II has progressed well. The health sector is continuing to collect samples of specimens and food samples for testing, clarifying the cause of the incident.

QUANG TIEN

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