Food Poisoning In Hundreds Of Workers In Xiao Xin Tang Shoe Factory

9 critically ill patients, including two pregnant women, had no serious trouble. Yesterday, hundreds of workers at a shoe factory in the small pond of Xiao He Xin Tong in the Tianhe river had had symptoms of vomiting, dizziness, nausea and so on after having lunch in the staff canteen. Subsequently, 133 people were taken to hospital for treatment. 9 people showed obvious symptoms of poisoning and needed to stay in hospital for observation, including 2 pregnant women, but they were not life-threatening.

After the incident, many departments such as epidemic prevention, health supervision, food safety office and street office were involved in the investigation.

The cause of the accident is initially suspected of being uncooked.

Most of the patients were dizzy and vomiting, and Jun An Shoes Co., Ltd. was located at Mu River Road, Tianhe new town. When the reporter arrived at Xintang Street Community Center at 6:30 yesterday evening, the hospital hall, emergency room and even corridor were filled with infusion workers.

Doctors and nurses kept shuttling through the crowd to ask whether the workers felt any further discomfort.

A doctor is working on the symptoms of the patient.

A doctor told reporters that the poisoning symptoms of these workers were dizziness, nausea and vomiting. Some severe cases also had chills, vomiting and diarrhea. The patients with serious symptoms had been sent to the inpatient department of the 4 floor.

The reporter then saw in the inpatient department that two beds were placed in each of the 5 wards, two or three people were lying on each bed, and some patients went into hospital one after another.

It is understood that because of too many patients seeking treatment, Longdong people's Hospital, Changxin people's hospital doctors and nurses rushed to the community hospital to participate in treatment.

According to Mr. Xiao, a factory worker, there are about five hundred workers in three batches of meals. He is the second batch.

"Around 11:40, I had a rest in the factory after dinner, waiting for the afternoon to start. I didn't expect to feel dizzy and vomit at about 3." Mr. Shaw said, "I started to think it was a cold. Then the person in charge of the workshop came over and told us, 'food poisoning, go to the hospital!'

About 10 minutes after I was taken to the hospital, I threw up again.

Miss Li told reporters that there were green beans, radish and cabbage in the canteen menu at noon.

"The beans are mixed with chilli and pork to stir fry. It is suspected that the beans are not cooked enough to cause poisoning."

Mr. Hu, director of the plant, told reporters that the specific reasons for the contract were not clear.

"About 1 o'clock after lunch, I found that some of the employees were not well, had mild vomiting, headache and other symptoms, and then more and more sick employees, and then I personally took the staff to the hospital for examination."

Mr. Hu said that the life safety of employees is the most important. Everything is responsible for the factory, including all the costs of inspection and treatment.

Two pregnant women need to be hospitalized. According to the introduction, poisoning workers are no longer serious.

A doctor told reporters that the symptoms were more obvious in 9 people, of whom two were pregnant women.

The reporter then found the two pregnant women, who had been pregnant for one month.

Another pregnant woman, Li, was lying on the other side of the bed. Her face was painful. A nurse was looking after her. The nurse told reporters that she had been pregnant for more than 3 months.

Doctors in the hospital told reporters, "because they are pregnant women, they are not good at using drugs.

However, the situation is not very serious, but we need to stay in hospital for several days. "

After the incident, a number of departments such as local epidemic prevention, health supervision, food safety office and street office were involved in the investigation.

After preliminary statistics, a total of 133 workers were treated in Xintang Street Community Center Hospital, 9 of them had obvious symptoms, but they were not life-threatening.

As of press release, relevant departments are still investigating the cause of the accident.