9 of a family hospitalised in Lodhran due to ‘food poisoning’
BAHAWALPUR: Nine members of a family, including three women and four children, were rushed to DHQ hospital Lodhran after they fell sick allegedly because of food poisoning in their house at Mauza Khnqah Ghalwan in Lodhran district on Saturday night. According to Lodhran Rescue 1122 media coordinator, on receiving a call the emergency service teams rushed to the village, where they found all nine…
BAHAWALPUR: A family of nine, comprising three women and four children, was admitted to DHQ hospital in Lodhran after succumbing to alleged food poisoning at their residence in Mauza Khnqah Ghalwan on Saturday night. Upon receiving a call, emergency response teams from Lodhran Rescue 1122 arrived at the village and encountered the family members vomiting and experiencing severe abdominal pain.
The rescuers provided immediate first aid and transported the affected individuals via ambulance to the local DHQ hospital, where medical professionals administered emergency treatment.
The family members reportedly consumed a vegetable prepared in their home. Some of the sick individuals claimed a lizard had inadvertently fallen into the cooking pot, leading them to unknowingly ingest the vegetable and subsequently suffer from severe pain and vomiting. The patients included Ms Asma (27), Ms Sobia (28), Ms Shaheena (40), Zainab (10), Atif (17), Afan (4), Ayan Abbas (6), Dua (5), and Farhat Abbas (40).
The physicians at the DHQ hospital informed Dawn that the treatment of the sick individuals was ongoing, with a prognosis of recovery within a few days. Meanwhile, a separate incident occurred at a cotton factory near Bahawalpur city. A fire broke out at a cotton factory on Yazman Road, damaging approximately 20,000 maunds of cotton.
Rescue 1122, along with four fire engines, responded to the emergency call and worked tirelessly to extinguish the blaze for two hours. The cooling process required an additional hour to complete.
Although the cause of the fire remains undetermined, factory owners attributed the incident to the heating of cotton stock lying in the open. Despite the swift fire-extinguishing efforts, substantial damage was inflicted upon the cotton. The rescuers emphasized that, due to their timely intervention, other cotton stocks nearby in the factory were safeguarded.
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