GUNTUR: Tension gripped Kotha Nagireddypalli in Nuzendla mandal of Guntur district after around 137 people took ill owing to suspected food poisoning at a marriage function on Friday night.
Some of the people, who attended the marriage function in the house of one Lella Ramaiah, consumed meals on Friday night. They started vomiting and experienced stomach pain after returning home. They initially took treatment from hospitals in Vinukonda.
On receipt of information, DM&HO Dr. J Yasmin, RDO G Ravindra, Nuzendla tahsildar Padma Devi, Vinukonda Rural CI B Koteswara Rao and other officials rushed to the village. They set up three emergency medical camps at Kotha Nagireddypalli, Lingamukkapalli and Patha Nagireddypalli for treating the patients.
“It was a case of mild food poisoning and there is no need to panic. The condition of the victims is stable. Food samples have been sent to the laboratory for tests,” said DM&HO Dr. J Yasmin.
‘Sweet’ shock for wedding guests
The guests who attended the wedding function at Kotha Nagireddypalli village, had started complaining of vomiting and dysentery after eating sweets
Many people had two servings of sweets after dinner
A victim said that he suffered severe diarrhoea and had to be rushed to hospital. “I was losing a lot of fluids, but I am ok now,” he said.
A health official said that the sweets brought from Vinukonda were not preserved properly
The test results of these samples are still awaited