50 food poisoned in Lalmonirhat
These two elderly men take treatment at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital as they along with around 50 others fell victim to food poisoning after taking breakfast at a restaurant at Kuniyagachh village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila yesterday morningPhoto: STAR
At least 50 people were food poisoned after having breakfast at a local restaurant at Khuniyagachh village in Sadar upazila yesterday. The victims were admitted to Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital. The sick people hailing from Khuniyagachh village are either farmers or day labourers, locals said. Civil surgeon (CS) of Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital Dr Jahangir Alam said, all of them took breakfast at a local restaurant like the other days. But yesterday they fell sick 2-3 hours after the breakfast. “I think they fell sick after having rotten potato curry at the restaurant,” the CS said. Farmer Abdul Jabbar,55, said,” I took two parota and potato curry at Heltu Mia's restaurant this morning. I started to feel sick after three hours. I don't know how it happened because I used to take breakfast at the restaurant regularly,” he said. Another farmer Abdus Samad,52, said that the villagers regularly take breakfast at Heltu Mia's restaurant. "I think the source of food poisoning was potato curry. Heltu Miah cooked rotten potato curry today", he said. More than 50 villagers fell sick after having breakfast at the restaurant yesterday, Samad said. Restaurant owner Heltu Miah, however, said that he cocked the curry at night and served it in the morning. "I do it regularly. But why it happened today I can't say," he said. Residentl Medical Officer (RMO) at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital Dr Goutom Chandra Chakraborty told this correspondent that most of the patients recovered by yesterday afternoon while a few others may need some more time.
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