Food Poisoning: 55 Middle School Students in Bogor Hospitalized

Liputan6.com, Bogor - Dozens of students from a middle school in Bogor Regency, West Java, were taken to hospital after a food poisoning incident on Monday. The students were suffering from headache, nausea, and vomiting.

The incident happened in the early morning, according to the official at the Sentosa Hospital, Bogor.

The students from the Marsudirini Middle School were confirmed to have the symptoms of food poisoning, including dehydration. At least the blood pressure of one patient was dropping.

Out of 55 students, 20 were having mild symptoms, and they were only given medical check-up and medicines. 33 others were reportedly having medium symptoms, and they received IV infusion.

Two students who were showing the worst symptoms remained in the hospital for further treatment.

The hospital's laboratory also sent the samples of foods which were eaten by the students to find out the cause of poisoning.

Around a week earlier, another mass food poisoning also took place in West Java. 83 people in Cilangsari Village, West Bandung Regency, were experiencing similar incident during a religious activity.

The victims were experiencing nausea, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. One person lost his life. The village chief said the victim who died was a 63-year-old man who passed away in a hospital.

The causes of food poisoning were the rice boxes provided during the religious activity.