Students suffer from food poisoning at Maharashtra's Medical college, 55 still in hospital
The operations of the canteen have been contracted to a private firm, police said. An official of Wadivarhe police station put the number of students who suffered from food poisoning at 89 and and said the incident was being probed as a medico-legal case (MLC).
Students suffer from food poisoning at Maharashtra's Medical college, 55 still in hospital
Several students from SMBT Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre in Dharmagaon in the district's Igatpuri taluka suffered food poisoning and were admitted to the hospital. More than 100 students suffered food poisoning and some 55 of them continue to be in hospital while others were discharged post-treatment, an official said.
"These students from SMBT Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre complained of nausea and stomach upset on Wednesday, he said." "Some 100-125 students felt distressed after having lunch in the facility's canteen, following which they were admitted in the SMBT Hospital on the campus. Most have been discharged. Some 50-55 students continue to be in hospital under observation," a functionary from the SMBT Charitable Trust said.
The operations of the canteen have been contracted to a private firm, police said. An official of Wadivarhe police station put the number of students who suffered from food poisoning at 89 and and said the incident was being probed as a medico-legal case (MLC).
Meanwhile, the CBI conducted searches at 91 locations across the country in relation with its investigation against several state medical councils and foreign medical graduates who were given permission to practise in India without qualifying a mandatory test, officials said.
"The agency had registered an FIR against 14 state medical councils and 73 foreign medical graduates who were allowed to practise medicine in India without qualifying the mandatory Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE)," they said.
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