More than 50 coaching center students hospitalized due to food poisoning in Pune: Police

Students were admitted to hospital where their condition is stable, police said (Representative)

Pune:

More than 50 students of a private coaching center in Maharashtra’s Pune district have been hospitalized after suffering food poisoning, a police official said on Sunday. All are in stable condition, he said.

The private center in Khed taluka has provided boarding facilities to over 500 students. It offers coaching to students preparing for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the senior official said.

After dinner at the coaching center on Friday evening, more than fifty students complained of food poisoning symptoms such as stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea the next day.

The students were admitted to a nearby hospital where their condition is stable, the official said. Police have started an investigation into the food poisoning incident and food samples are being sent for laboratory tests, he added.

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