50 people poisoned at breakfast in Zhejiang
( 2003-11-25 16:11) (Xinhua)
Fifty people have been poisoned and sent to hospitals after they ate food
from a breakfast stand in Ningbo city of east China's Zhejiang Province Monday.
Three of them are in a coma while others are now in a stable situation,
according to the local health department.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Monday morning, the local health department received a call from the
emergency room of the Lihuili hospital, reporting that five people were sent to
the hospital after having breakfast at the stand. The department sent experts to
the spot to investigate right after the report.
By Monday afternoon, 50 people had been sent to five hospitals in the city.
All patients had nausea, vomiting and dizziness. Two of them even vomited blood.
The local government has decided to check all breakfast stands in the
city.
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