KUALA LUMPUR: Nine people suffered food poisoning at SK Pengkalan Besar flood relief centre in Tangkak, Johor on Sunday.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cases involved four flood victims and five others included personnel at the relief centre.
The four victims are children between 3 and 14 years old, with three staying in the same cubicle at the relief centre.
“All victims suffered vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Two of the victims were admitted to Tangkak Hospital on the same day and was discharged yesterday, while the other two received outpatient treatment,” he said in a statement today.
He ruled out contamination as the cause of the food poisoning and believed it was due to poor hygiene as well as food being exposed for a long time.
“Food samples have been collected for further investigation,” he said.
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