Ho Chi Minh City: 100 workers poisoned by pesticides

By the afternoon of July 5, more than 100 cases of food poisoning at Takson Vina Company (Hoc Mon District) were treated at Son Ky General Clinic, No. 48 CN1 Street, Son Ky Ward, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City. They were out of danger and some were discharged home.

The number of patients treated at the clinic on July 4 was 73 cases, and on the morning of July 5, there were 45 more cases.

including 13 old cases discharged from hospital on July 4th who have not recovered and have gone to work as required by the Company, but have had to return to the clinic for continued treatment and monitoring.

Workers are being treated at Son Ky General Clinic on July 5. (Photo: Hoang Tuan/Vietnam+)

The initial cause of the poisoning was determined to be pesticides in the food. At Son Ky General Clinic, most of the patient rooms were full of beds because of the large number of workers leading to overload. Many workers had to share a bed. Some even had to spread mattresses on the floor to be examined by doctors and given IVs.

According to doctors at Son Ky General Clinic, the condition of the patients has stabilized and on the afternoon of July 5, more than half of them were discharged from the hospital. Only patients with poisoning and other medical conditions need to be monitored until stable, then prescribed medication for discharge.

Notably, some pregnant female patients with very poor health conditions are continuing to receive special monitoring./.

According to VNA-M