Chiang Mai students ill from bad food
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Chiang Mai Public Health Office yesterday reported that 237 students at Wat Don Chan School in Muang district had fallen ill. About 100 of them were sick due to food poisoning, while others suffered from dengue fever, flu and other diseases.
Fifty-nine of them would remain in hospitals for another one or two days, said office deputy director Surasing Wisarutrat.
Thursday’s food-poisoning incident was suspected to stem from donated meals, but officials couldn’t collect food samples because the school had already washed all the dishes. Surasing urged people to re-heat cooked food three hours after purchase to prevent getting sick from eating spoiled food.
