MANSEHRA: At least 93 people suffering from food poisoning were taken to a hospital in Battagram on Friday.
“Five children and 25 women were among those taken to the hospital because of food poisoning. All of them except 30 were discharged,” district police chief Jehanzeb Khan told reporters. He said an inquiry had been launched into the food poisoning the patients suffered after attending a feast hosted by a local MPA. The official said those admitted to the district headquarters hospital were being administered saline drips and would be discharged soon.
The hospital’s Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Mushtaq Khan said samples had been sent for laboratory analysis.
Khanzada Zafar Ali Khan, brother of MPA Nawabzada Wali Khan, who was present at the hospital, said the people had been invited to celebrate Hifz-i-Quran by a son of the legislator.
Published in Dawn, September 20th , 2014
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