M'Drak commune recorded many suspected cases of food poisoning.

M'Drak Medical Center (M'Drak commune) said that in the past 3 days (from July 18 to 21), the locality has continuously recorded many cases of patients hospitalized with suspected food poisoning, with symptoms of digestive disorders and mass diarrhea.

Specifically, at 8:45 p.m. on July 18, the Center's Emergency Department admitted 6 patients with symptoms of digestive disorders. Through information exploitation, 3 of these patients had eaten bread at Ms. T's shop (Residential Group 7, M'Drak Commune).

On July 19, the Center continued to receive 39 more patients with similar symptoms, of which 35 people also ate bread at Ms. T's shop.

According to Dr. Vo Trong Phuc, Deputy Director of M'Drak Medical Center, from the evening of July 18 to the morning of July 21, a total of 64 patients were hospitalized with symptoms of digestive disorders and diarrhea; of which, 38 people were related to eating bread at Ms. T's facility.

Patients suspected of poisoning are being monitored and treated at M'Drak Medical Center.

The patients came from many different areas in the commune, aged from 3 to 59 years old. Immediately after detecting the suspected poisoning cases, the Center directed specialized departments to urgently receive, examine and treat according to the procedures of the Ministry of Health ; at the same time, ensuring adequate medicines, medical supplies and chemicals for treatment and health control of patients.

Along with the treatment, the Center also stepped up propaganda to reassure the people, avoid causing public panic and encourage people to feel secure in their treatment. At the same time, the M'Drak Medical Center advised the Commune People's Committee to set up a team to suddenly inspect Ms. T's bakery.

During the inspection, the delegation noted that the facility had glass cabinets that were properly covered, the preparation and processing areas were basically clean, and the facility owner had participated in food safety training. However, there were still some problems such as: not providing documents and contracts to prove the origin of food ingredients; not presenting health certificates of the direct processors, and the sales person not wearing gloves at the time of inspection.

In response to the above violations, the inspection team drew up a record, took food samples for testing, and requested the facility to temporarily suspend its business operations until further notice from the M'Drak Commune People's Committee.

Doctor Phuc added that by the morning of July 21, the health condition of the patients had stabilized. It is expected that 5 patients will be discharged on the morning of July 21, the rest will continue to be monitored and treated, and will likely be discharged in the next 1-2 days.

Since there are up to 64 cases of digestive disorders and diarrhea, it is likely that this is a seasonal diarrhea outbreak. The Center is currently continuing to closely monitor the health of the patients and implementing measures to prevent, control and contain the epidemic to prevent the risk of spreading widely in the area.

Hong Chuyen

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/xa-hoi/202507/xa-mdrak-ghi-nhan-nhieu-truong-hop-nghi-ngo-doc-thuc-pham-91b0662/