Ranchi: Around 40 people, including 15 children, took ill due to food poisoning in Bero block of Ranchi district late on Saturday evening.
The incident was reported at Paharakandriya village after a group of locals consumed paanipuri at a weekly fair on Saturday, nearly 48kms from the state capital. Within a few hours, most of them developed cramps and started vomiting, doctors said.
The patients were rushed to Bero community health centre (CHC) late on Saturday night, block medical officer in-charge Dr Ranjan Kumar Singh said. Besides paanipuri, doctors are suspecting "contaminated water" as the cause for food poisoning. "A medical team has been sent to Paharakandariya village and food and water samples have been collected," Singh said on Sunday afternoon. Singh said people were admitted after midnight. A few patients have also been shifted to Ranchi district hospital.
The incident has prompted the Ranchi civil surgeon's office to strengthen food testing procedures in the district.
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