One hundred and seventy one students in a vocational school in
northeast China's Heilongjiang Province may have come down with
food poisoning Wednesday evening, local health authorities said on
Thursday.
The students developed symptoms of nausea and vomiting on
Wednesday evening after they had supper at Qiqihar Medical
School.
A total of 171 students were taken to the No. 2 Hospital
affiliated to Qiqihar Medical College from Wednesday night to
Thursday noon, said a doctor at the hospital.
One hundred and seventeen students have gone back to school, and
the rest who are still receiving medical treatments are stable,
said the doctor.
Preliminary investigation showed that the students may have come
down with food poisoning, but local health and disease prevention
and control departments have taken food samples from the school
meals over the last several days for further testing.
The municipal government of Qiqihar has ordered a check-up of
food safety at all schools immediately after the incident.
Earlier on Monday, 223 high school students in northwest China's
Shaanxi Province were hit by food poisoning
after they ate their school lunch.
(Xinhua News Agency September 22, 2006)