On the evening of April 15, in an exchange with Lao Dong Newspaper, a representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety said that the unit is investigating the case of many workers going to the emergency room after a meal at a company in Hung Long commune.
On the same day, Binh Chanh General Hospital sent a report to the Department of Health and the Department of Food Safety of Ho Chi Minh City about the case of 11 workers of a company in Hung Long commune being hospitalized for emergency treatment after lunch.
Patients came to the hospital on April 14. After emergency treatment, 6 patients were discharged, 5 cases were hospitalized. By the afternoon of April 15, all patients were discharged.
Recording medical history, workers had lunch at the company with a menu including rice and processed seafood.
According to Binh Chanh General Hospital, the patient was diagnosed with grade 1 anaphylaxis, with some cases being monitored for food poisoning.
Previously, in early April, Ho Chi Minh City also recorded a case of more than 180 students suspected of food poisoning at Binh Quoi Tay Elementary School, with the causative agent identified as Salmonella enteritidis.
