KOTA BHARU, Oct 24 — A total of 108 people fell ill from food poisoning, including nine who are still receiving treatment at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital here, after patronising a restaurant near Pengkalan Chepa since October 18.
Kelantan State Health Department (JKNK) director Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin said the Kota Bharu District Health Office received reports related to the incident from private clinics and government hospitals that treated the patients involved, as the disease is notifiable.
“All the patients were found to have suffered symptoms such as diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever, dizziness, and vomiting and were reported to be in stable condition.
“Preliminary investigations showed all of them had a history of eating tandoori chicken at the restaurant on October 17, but further investigations are still underway,” he said.
Commenting further, Dr Zaini said an inspection was carried out at the eatery on October 19, and it was ordered to close under Section 18 (1), Prevention and Control Act Infectious Disease Act 1988 (Act 342).
“Sampling was carried out on 16 samples taken, which are patient clinical samples, food handler samples, food, water, and environment.
“The incident of food poisoning at the premises is a recurrence after the first episode in January,” he said.
— Bernama
