INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, June 30
Thirty-three people, including six children from Gajuri of Dhading district, have been admitted to Manmohan Memorial
Medical College and Teaching Hospital as they were taken ill after consuming food in a rice weaning ceremony, organised in the
village.
Those admitted to the hospital include a 14-month-old child
The incident took place at a feast organised for rice weaning ceremony of a local, Rajaram Mijar daughter, on Thursday.
Those who had
consumed the food served in the ceremony complained of stomach ache, vomiting and diarrhoea.
Deputy Superintendent of Police at Area Police
Office, Gajuri, Khagendra Bahadur Khadka said, &People were rushed to nearby Gajuri Hospital after they complained of health complications
They had to be moved to Kathmandu yesterday night as they could not be treated at the health facility.&
&I was in the feast and had eaten
roti, meat, beaten rice, vegetables and pickle at around 1:30pm
At around 3:00am I had vomiting and diarrhoea
I was rushed to Gajuri Hospital for treatment,& said Parbati Bayalkoti, 25, of the village.
&The patients have complained of loose motions
Some of them have been suffering from fever,& said Khem Raj Bhusal, consultant physician at the hospital.
&I suffered from diarrhoea and
I was admitted to Gajuri Hospital but as my health condition showed no sign of improvement, I was rushed to a Kathmandu-based hospital
yesterday night,& said Hari Maya BK, 45.
&When I woke up on Friday morning, I experienced abdominal pain and had diarrhoea
I then visited the hospital in Gajuri,& said Santosh Mijar, another patient.
Upon medical investigation, the hospital in Gajuri has detected
Entamoeba histolytica in the stool sample of the patients
Infected cysts were found in contaminated food and water supplies.
&This amoeba enters the human body through the faecal-oral route
There are high chances that the food items might have been prepared by using contaminated water,& according to a doctor.
&The amoeba gets
into human body when people drink or consume contaminated food or water
There are chances that people might have been infected due to consumption of raw or uncooked peas,& the doctor added.
&There were at least
50 invitees at the ceremony
Almost all of them had fallen ill on consuming the food served,& said Rajaram Mijar.
Members of the host family were also hospitalised at
Gajuri Hospital after the consumption of the food.
They have already been discharged from the hospital.
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