More than 50 students from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry
University in east China's city of Fuzhou suffered food poisoning
after having their meals in the university canteen on Monday.
The campus hospital has received 54 students who claimed to
suffer diarrhea, sick up and nausea since 10:00?AM Monday,
according to the clinic.
A student said he was haunted by diarrhea and sick up from
7:00?AM Monday just after having supper in the university's
canteen on Sunday.
Zhou Tao, vice head of the campus hospital, said the students
might suffer some acute gastroenteritis and added that the majority
of the students felt better after dextrose transfusion and some
simple remedies.?
The provincial disease prevention and control center, together
with the city's epidemic prevention station, have collected samples
from the sick students to investigate the cause of the food
poisoning.
(Xinhua News Agency July 11, 2006)
