Over 50 children hospitalised in Pasyala

11 Feb, 2013

Over 50 children attached to a girl’s school in Pasyala were?hospitalised?today from suspected food poisoning.
The police said that the children had suffered from?symptoms of food poisoning when they were taken to hospital.
Initial investigations revealed that the food they consumed from the school canteen may have been expired.
Area health inspectors had been informed and investigations were underway.

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