27 Hospitalized For Food Poisoning in Meghalaya

Shillong, Nov 4 : At least 70 people fell ill, with 27 hospitalized, in a suspected case of food poisoning in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district.

The people, after eating food at a funeral gathering, started vomiting and developed indigestion symptoms yesterday.

Twenty seven of them, including eight children, were admitted at a hospital in Jowai, official sources said.

Government doctors have gone to the hospital and were overseeing their treatment.

Hospital sources said the pork served was suspected to be infected.