94 poisoned after feast in northern China village
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-05-08 13:47

A total of 94 people suffering from food poisoning in a rural village in north China's Inner Mongolia had been hospitalized by Saturday morning.

They jointed 60-plus others in attending a feast at Zhenghao Village in Bainijing Township of the Dalad Banner in Inner Mongolia on Thursday.

Later, some diners began to show the symptom of nausea, vomiting, bellyache and high fever. By Friday noon, some 70 people were sent to hospital.

Medical experts of the People's Hospital at Dalad Banner believed that the patients were infected by salmonella in polluted foodstuffs.

Over 20 patients still had high fever and were in serious condition at press time. No death was reported yet.

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