Seven family members hospitalised after food poisoning

MULTAN: Seven members of a family were taken to hospital after falling ill from suspected food poisoning in the Chitti Masjid area, Rescue 1122 officials said.

According to rescue officials, the family had eaten leftover food late at night and soon developed severe vomiting. An emergency call was then made, prompting Rescue 1122 to send two ambulances to the house.

Rescue teams provided first aid at the scene before shifting all seven patients to THQ Hospital Kahror Pakka. The people hospitalised were identified as Allah Bakhsh, 45, Ansar Bibi, 42, Shahzad, 40, Mumtaz Mai, 40, Sughran, 35, Akmal, 10, and Rubina Bibi, 15.

District Emergency Officer Shabab Aslam urged people to avoid eating stale or improperly stored food to reduce the risk of similar incidents.