Over 60 resort workers on Randheli island rushed to hospital with severe food poisoning
22 Aug 2012, 3:30 PM
Hawwa Lubna
Over 60 people working on construction of a resort on Randheli island have been rushed to hospital today after suffering from severe food poisoning.
According to an official from Noonu Atoll Regional Hospital on Manadhoo island, the resort workers currently receiving treatment at the hospital today mostly included expatriate workers from Bangladesh and India. A few Maldivians were also said to be admitted, according to the hospital source.
The official said that they started receiving the sick resort workers with food poisoning at around 2pm. A few workers were taken to health centres on nearby islands as the hospital was overwhelmed by the sudden surge of patients.
Extra beds and blankets were provided in order to hospitalise the sick resort workers after the 18-bed site found itself at maximum capacity, the hospital source added.
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