Overview More than 30 students from N-Able Training Institute, a German language centre in Thrikkakara municipality, in Ernakulam, fell sick on Wednesday due to suspected food poisoning. Authorities rushed them to various government and private hospitals in the city. According to municipal health officials, 10 boys and 20 girls experienced symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal
READ MORETravelling during the monsoon comes with unique health risks—food poisoning being one of the most common. The season’s high humidity, fluctuating temperatures, and damp environments create ideal conditions for bacterial growth, especially in improperly handled or stored food. For travellers, this means greater vigilance is required to avoid falling ill from contaminated food or water.
READ MORETraced to the Rice Nearly 10 months after the tragic death of five-year-old Dheeraj B in Bhuvaneshwarinagar, Kempapura Agrahara, Bengaluru, authorities have confirmed that spoiled Vangibath (a brinjal rice dish) stored in the refrigerator for two days was the cause of fatal food poisoning, not the cake, as initially suspected. In the chaos that followed
READ MOREReport Doctors admitted a 14-year-old student to Kozhikode Medical College after he consumed a wild fruit resembling jamun (njaval pazham), which caused a severe allergic reaction. Abhishek, a Class 9 student of Government Higher Secondary School, Thamarassery, ate the fruit from a tree near his house in Chundakunnu, mistaking it for Jamun. Shortly after, he
READ MOREReport A 26-year-old youth from the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu died of suspected food poisoning after eating chicken noodles from a hotel. The victim, Manojkumar, a resident of Keel Perumpakkam, fell ill with severe diarrhoea shortly after consuming the noodles and had been resting at home for the past three days. On Thursday
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