Published: Thursday January 8, 2009 MYT 8:23:00 PM
Malaysia: 155 NS trainees down with food poisoning
Source of Article: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/8/nation/20090108202257&sec=nation
LUMUT: One
hundred and fifty-five National Service (NS) trainees at the Teluk Rubiah camp here came
down with food poisoning Thursday and were rushed to the Seri Manjung
Hospital.
They were
brought to the hospital at 7.20am after suffering from stomach ache, diarrhoea and vomiting following a meal of chicken chop
at the canteen of the camp.
A hospital
spokesman said most of the trainees had been sent back to the camp after
treatment but eight were warded.
The camp
commandant, Commander K. Kannan, when contacted,
declined to give any statement on the incident and asked the media to contact
the NS headquarters in Kuala Lumpur
for information.
Manjung police
chief ACP Mohd Jamil Osman, when contacted, said police had yet to receive any
report on the incident from the Seri
Manjung Hospital or the management of the Teluk Rubiah camp. -- Bernama
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