35 students of Abutia Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Ho- West District of the Volta have been admitted at the ManteEclaisia Hospital at Sokode-Gborgame last Saturday, following suspected food poisoning.
The Physician Assistant of the hospital, Mr Claude Dziseaku, who briefed the media said the 35 students were rushed to the facility about 5:30pm with complaints of vomiting, running diarrhoea and headache after eating fried rice at the school’s canteen.
Mr Dziseaku explained that after a medical check on the victims, it was detected that the victims suffered from food poisoning. Out of the 35 victims, 9 were discharged while 26 were on admission.
He assured that those on admission were responding to treatment and that there was no cause for alarm because they would be discharged within the next two days.
A 3rd year General Arts Student and a victim, Sandra Elesem, commended the hospital personnel for their display of professionalism which led to the discharge of some of her colleagues and those of them on admission were assured that they would also be discharged soon.
