92 pupils suspected of food poisoning in Sichuan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-24 21:28 Ninety-two students were
suspected to be sickened by food poisoning at a primary school in southwest
China's Sichuan Province by 6 p.m. Sunday, among whom 23 are hospitalized,
confirmed a local official.
The pupils, all from the Pengdian Central Primary School in the Cangxi County
of Sichuan, have developed symptoms of fever, headache, stomachache and
diarrhea, some of them suffered from nausea and vomiting, according to Huang
Tingquan, vice head of the county, who noted that the test result shall come out
tomorrow.
The 23 hospitalized students are in stable condition, but they have to
continue medical treatment for several days, said local sources.
The first case was reported on Thursday afternoon and there are no similar
cases reported outside the school.
The Pengdian Central Primary School located in the mountainous area 90
kilometers away from the county government. Among all its 780 students, 621 live
on campus, including all the 92 sickened.
The Cangxi government has embarked a daily case reporting system, gave all
other students and staffs in the school preventive medicines and ordered a
thorough disinfection in the school's dinning hall.
Earlier this week, food poisoning has killed one girl and sickened another
459 students in Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Shaanxi and Hubei.
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