At least 50 hospitalised after suspected food poisoning in Mathura

NEW DELHI: Around 50 people, including women and children, were hospitalised in Mathura on Tuesday due to suspected food poisoning after consuming fritters made of buckwheat flour. The incident took place on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday during Janmashtami festivities."We had fritters made of buckwheat flour last night. After that I started vomiting and felt a burning sensation in the stomach," Priyanka, a teenager admitted to the government hospital said.Parkham Singh, a resident of Parkham village who had come with a patient, said after consuming the fritters people started complaining about dizziness, vomiting and shivering."The kuttu ka atta (buckwheat flour) was purchased from a local shop in the village," he said. Around 50 people from my village have fallen ill, he added."My wife is unable to stand, she has become very weak, almost unconscious," Mahesh, another resident of the village said.A doctor at the hospital said around 29 patients were admitted at 1 am with complaints of vomiting and anxiety."I have been informed that some other patients have been taken to different hospitals. All those admitted here are undergoing treatment, their condition is stable and improving," the doctor said.