Twenty six persons were rushed to the hospital at the weekend for food poisoning in Dan-Sharu village in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State. The affected persons were admitted for diarrhoea and vomiting, which began shortly after they ate a meal of Tuwo prepared with corn flour. A medical personnel member at the hospital, Mallam Hamisu Hussamatu Ibrahim, told newsmen that all the victims survived. The coordinator of the state's Primary Health Service in charge of Kafur Local Government Area, Alhaji Shu'aibu Garba Kankara also confirmed that no death was recorded. "The meal was prepared with corn flour suspected to be contaminated with an insecticide. The flour must have been stored for a long time. We are suspecting that the corn flour was contaminated. The affected persons have already been treated and discharged. The only person that was asked to come back to the hospital is the head of the family because he had a minor injury on his tongue," he said.
- RSOE Edis
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