Nearly 70 workers hospitalized after lunch
(Baonghean.vn) -At noon on July 18, after a collective meal, nearly 70 textile workers at the Nam Dan Yarn & Garment Factory, part of the Hanosimex Textile Company located in Nam Giang commune, Nam Dan district, showed signs of poisoning and had to be urgently hospitalized.
At around 11am, the workers stopped to have lunch. The meal consisted of rice, stir-fried pumpkin, boiled eggs, pumpkin soup, and spinach soup. About 30 minutes after eating, some workers experienced dizziness, nausea, difficulty breathing, and stomachache. The incident was reported to the company's medical department.
Yarn & Garment Factory
When an ambulance was called to the factory, dozens of other workers began showing similar symptoms and were transferred to Nam Dan District General Hospital, Hung Nguyen District General Hospital and Nam Giang Commune Health Station for emergency treatment.
At the emergency department of the Nam Dan District General Hospital, 25 workers in yellow uniforms of the company lay scattered on the hospital beds, their faces pale. Because the number of emergency workers was too large, the hospital had to arrange for the patients to sleep in double and triple beds. Outside the hospital room, many of the patients’ relatives were also present, anxious and panicked.
Workers are being treated at the district general hospital.
Doctors said that the patients with symptoms of food poisoning have been given emergency treatment and timely transfusion, so no one is in critical condition. The total number of poisoned workers is 67, of which 48 are being treated at Nam Dan District General Hospital, 15 are at Hung Nguyen District Hospital and 4 are less seriously ill and have been taken to Nam Giang Commune Health Station for treatment.
While being treated at the hospital, worker Dinh Pha Ven, residing in Nghi Loc district, said that at noon that day, the workers divided into 3 shifts to have lunch. In addition to food, the workers also drank bottled mineral water from the factory's communal kitchen.
The patient's family is worried about their child's health.
Authorities collected food samples at the factory kitchen for testing.
Seal drinking water samples for testing.
As soon as the food poisoning incident occurred, leaders of Nghe An Department of Health, Provincial Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, Provincial Center for Preventive Medicine and Nam Dan District Medical Center were present at the factory, directing the emergency treatment of the patient, and collecting food and water samples for inspection, testing and investigation of the cause of the incident.
It is known that a day before the incident, a strike took place at the factory by workers demanding an increase in basic wages. Yarn & Garment Factory
Nguyen Khoa
