More than 100 people taken ill after attending wedding reception

Janakpur, May 12: At least 100 people were taken ill after attending a wedding reception at Thera Kachuri in Mithila Bihari Municipality-8, Dhanusha district on Sunday evening. 

The attendants of the wedding ceremony had reached Thera Kachuri from Bindhi of Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City-23 and were taken ill after the dinner hosted on the occasion. 

Chief of the District Public Health Office, Umesh Yadav, said the patients complained of stomach pain, vomiting and weakness in their body after having dinner that included local food items including Buniya, Rasbari and others. 

According to Yadav, more than 60 persons were admitted to the Madhes Provincial Hospital and others are receiving treatment in other health facilities. 

Some of the patients returned home after the treatment, it is shared.

Yadav shared that food poisoning could be the reason behind the illness. "We have collected the sample of the foods. The reason will be confirmed after the lab reports," he stated. (RSS)