A group of foreign teachers at a junior high school in Kaohsiung City is suspected of suffering from collective food poisoning. 49 teachers, students and their team leader went south to Miaoli for accommodation after dining at Daxi Live Fish Restaurant in Taoyuan last night. They successively sought medical treatment for vomiting, diarrhea and other conditions late at night. The Miaoli County Health Bureau has arranged for testing Under investigation. The school said that all the students have been discharged from the hospital and a tour bus will be arranged to take them back to Kaohsiung today.
A suspected collective food poisoning incident occurred at an off-campus event at a junior high school in Kaohsiung City. 49 teachers, students and team leaders went south to Miaoli for accommodation after having dinner in Taoyuan on the evening of the 2nd. Late at night, they rushed into the emergency department of Weigong Hospital in Toufen City due to vomiting and diarrhea. (Central News Agency/Provided by the public)
Weigong Hospital in Toufen City, Miaoli County stated that at about 9:30 last night, 26 students came to the emergency department one after another due to gastrointestinal discomfort symptoms. The common symptoms were abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, etc. After evaluation by doctors, a large number of injury mechanisms were activated to respond. . After treatment, these students were evaluated to have mild gastrointestinal symptoms and were discharged from the hospital one after another this morning. However, at 8:30 a.m., another group of 22 students and 1 adult were sent to the emergency room. Doctors diagnosed most of them as infectious gastroenteritis. None of the evaluations require hospitalization or observation.
The Miaoli County Health Bureau pointed out that after being found to be foreign teachers at a junior high school in Kaohsiung City, the teachers and students had a meal at Jinfenglou in Leofoo Village, Hsinchu yesterday at noon. In the afternoon, they went to Daxi Old Street in Taoyuan and had dinner at a live fish restaurant near Daxi Old Street. After having a meal and staying at Junle Hotel in Toufen City in Miaoli County in the evening, gastrointestinal symptoms started to appear one after another.
The Health Bureau stated that after receiving a report from the hospital, a suspected food poisoning treatment was established. Currently, 48 teachers, students and 1 team leader, a total of 49 people, have become unwell. Most of the symptoms are vomiting and some have diarrhea. Testing has been arranged for follow-up investigation, and simultaneous notifications have been issued. The Taoyuan City Health Bureau went to the restaurant to find out.
The school said in an interview with a reporter from the Central News Agency today that a total of 126 junior high school students participated in the graduation trip. Yesterday they traveled to Hsinchu Leofoo Village, Taoyuan Daxi, Shimen Reservoir and other places, and ate at a restaurant in Shimen Reservoir. They returned in the evening. Hotel accommodation in Miaoli. At about 10 p.m., some students began to feel unwell and developed symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting. The students were rushed to Weigong Memorial Hospital in Miaoli for treatment. The doctor diagnosed them with viral gastroenteritis.
The school said that a total of about 49 people were feeling unwell and the cause had been handed over to the Taoyuan City Health Bureau for investigation. At present, all students have been discharged from the hospital. Today, 8 tour buses have been arranged to take the students back to Kaohsiung. Parents are notified to pay more attention to the students’ physical condition after their children return home, and the school will continue to care for them.
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2023-11-03 04:59:18
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