Suspected food poisoning: 22 people in hospital after eating at funeral
Twenty-two people from Agou, a farming village in Nkwanta South, Oti region, have been admitted to hospital for food poisoning.
These people reported having severe diarrhea and other symptoms after eating at thefuneral on Sunday morning. Thirteen of them have arrived at Nkwanta South Municipal while nine others are being admitted at Nkwanta St. Hospital. Joseph Catholic.
The Director of Hospitals atNkwanta Municipal Hospital Dr Theophilus Amoatey revealedin a discussion and interviewthat all the victims complainedof vomiting and severe diarrhea. He told Obrempongba Owusu of Adom News that all thepatients are responding well to the treatment.
According to reports, the people were given food including porridge, rice, Banku, meat and Pito, a local drink made from corn and maize. Hesaid that their samples were sent to the laboratory for analysis while they were sentto the community disease control team for proper analysis.
At St Joseph's Catholic Hospital, a nurse, David Amenudzi, and his team were on duty when the victims were admitted, saying that most of them were not in a life-threatening condition at the time of their admission. However, some of the patients and relatives we interviewed atthe two hospitals said that they ate rice, banku and meat, and then had diarrhea and severe stomach pain.
These people reported having severe diarrhea and other symptoms after eating at thefuneral on Sunday morning. Thirteen of them have arrived at Nkwanta South Municipal while nine others are being admitted at Nkwanta St. Hospital. Joseph Catholic.
The Director of Hospitals atNkwanta Municipal Hospital Dr Theophilus Amoatey revealedin a discussion and interviewthat all the victims complainedof vomiting and severe diarrhea. He told Obrempongba Owusu of Adom News that all thepatients are responding well to the treatment.
According to reports, the people were given food including porridge, rice, Banku, meat and Pito, a local drink made from corn and maize. Hesaid that their samples were sent to the laboratory for analysis while they were sentto the community disease control team for proper analysis.
At St Joseph's Catholic Hospital, a nurse, David Amenudzi, and his team were on duty when the victims were admitted, saying that most of them were not in a life-threatening condition at the time of their admission. However, some of the patients and relatives we interviewed atthe two hospitals said that they ate rice, banku and meat, and then had diarrhea and severe stomach pain.
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