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Over 200
Sick Over School Food
Poisoning in Ecuador
QUITO - A total of 213
children and five teachers of a school in
the southeast Ecuadorian province of Morona
Santiago were sickened after dining in the
school canteen, the health authorities said
on Wednesday.
Alvaro Diaz, director of the Hospital Pio
XII of Sucua said the health authorities
confirmed massive intoxication though lab
tests.
The poisoning occurred on Tuesday in
Atahualpa school, where there are 300
students. Most of the affected were sent
home by Tuesday evening, but 12 children
were still hospitalized and 13 others were
still under medical observation on
Wednesday.
The doctors said all of the sickened had the
same symptoms: diarrhea and stomachache, and
due to the large number of patients, the
provincial health authorities declared an
alert in different hospitals.
The cause of the poisoning is not yet clear,
but the food samples have been taken to a
state-run lab, with test results expected by
the weekend.
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