About 25 students of the Emirates National School in Sharjah fell ill after they ate food from a food charity bazar organised by the school on Wednesday. The students were rushed, separately by their parents, to Zulekha Hospital and are reported to have suffered food poisoning
Sharjah authorities, including the Ministry of Health, municipality and Education Zone have launched intensified investigations on the case.
According to medical staff at the hospital, the students arrived at the emergency room one after another with the same symptoms, including abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, fever and dehydration. Realising the enormity of the issue involving several children with similar symptoms of food poisoning, the hospital staff notified the health authorities and the municipality.
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