Children among at least 65 people fell sick after reportedly eating Sabudana Khichdi (porridge) served at a community feast in a village of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh during Gangaur Puja.

According to reports, the afflicted people displayed signs of acute food poisoning such as vomiting and diarrhea and were admitted to the district hospital for treatment.

A senior health official at the district hospital said that fifteen patients with symptoms of food poisoning were brought to the medical facility and are now in a stable condition. He said that thirty-five other patients with minor food poisoning have been discharged after initial treatment.

As per reports, a stall served Sabudana Khichdi to devotees on the occasion of Gangaur Puja. However, within hours, people who had consumed the dish at the stall, showed distressing signs of food poisoning including diarrhea and vomiting leading to panic among other devotees.

Witnessing the incident, the locals informed District Magistrate Shivraj Singh Verma about the incident who discharged a team of health department officials to the scene to take stock of the situation.

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Reports said that 40 people were admitted at a local medical facility in the village while 25 were sent to Khargone district hospital. The condition of all the afflicted is said to be stable.

A similar incident was reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district yesterday where at least twenty-one people, including children, were hospitalized after reportedly eating Khichdi (porridge), served during a Navratri community feast at a temple in Ninana village.

As per reports, some of the children lost consciousness and showed signs of food poisoning after eating the dish and panicked parents and temple authorities called the police who arrived there along with a team of health department officials.

District Magistrate (DM) Rajkamal Yadav said the incident took place in Faijpur Ninana on Sunday evening and all twenty-one people were admitted to district hospital Baghpat where they are undergoing treatment for food poisoning.

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At least twenty-one people, including children, were hospitalized after reportedly eating Khichdi (porridge), served during a Navratri community feast at a temple in Ninana village of Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, officials said on Monday.

As per reports, some of the children lost consciousness and showed signs of food poisoning after eating the dish and panicked parents and temple authorities called the police who arrived there along with a team of health department officials.

District Magistrate (DM) Rajkamal Yadav said the incident took place in Faijpur Ninana on Sunday evening and all twenty-one people were admitted to district hospital Baghpat where they are undergoing treatment for food poisoning.

The magistrate, while assuring that both the children and the adults are completely safe, said that two pediatricians have been assigned to look after the hospitalized children.

Yadav an announcement has been made in the village that if anybody is feeling unwell, then they will be hospitalized.

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Meanwhile, a senior health department official revealed that the condition of some of the children ailing from food poisoning at the district hospital is reportedly critical as they are still unconscious.

Reports quoting Chief medical superintendent (CMS) of Baghpat district hospital SK Chaudhary said that the health officials received reports that over two dozen people belonging to the lower strata of the society had fallen sick due to food poisoning after eating khichdi at a temple feast in Ninana village in Fajipur.

Chaudhary said the condition of at least three of the kids who are still unconscious, is critical while others are reportedly stable and will recover soon.

One of the men admitted to the hospital due to food poisoning at the event said that a community feast was set up at the temple on the occasion of Navratri where khichdi was served and everyone who consumed it, fell ill.

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