143 students suffer diarrhea in Sichuan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-13 10:33
CHENGDU -- One hundred and forty-three students have fallen ill with diarrhea
after eating lunch at a school in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local
health authorities said Thursday.
The patients, all students of the Yuquan School in Yuquan Township, Mianzhu
City, suffered diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, bellyache and low fever after eating
lunch and went to local hospitals on Tuesday, a spokesman with the Mianzhu
health bureau said.
Seventy-three students have been hospitalized and 70 others are staying at
school for observation, the spokesman said.
They are all in stable condition, he said.
Initial investigation shows that most of the sick students ate lunch at the
school dining hall and a few had meals at food booths nearby the school.
Local health authorities have obtained food samples from the school dining
hall and the food booths, the spokesman said.
The results will come out in a few days, he said.
The Yuquan School has about 1,300 students, including 200 children of the
kindergarten. The rest are primary and junior high school students.
The kindergarten children were not involved in the incident, the spokesman
said.
Local health authorities has ordered an overhaul of the food safety in all
schools of the city, he said.
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