Manila Bulletin

Food poisoning downs over 40 people in Taguig

By Jonathan HICAP

More than 40 people fell ill allegedly after eating “pastil” sold at a food stall in Barangay Upper Bicutan, Taguig on Tuesday.

According to the Taguig City government, a food stall suspected to be the one that caused the food poisoning was ordered closed by the City Health Office.

The food stall will remain closed until the investigation is finished.

One netizen posted on Facebook that his fiancee and son were among the victims of the food poisoning after eating “pastil” at a food stall on Valdez Street. The two victims were rushed to the hospital.

“Yung mag-ina ko po ang nadale ng pastil. Kami first sumugod sa ER tapos madami na sumunod na nasugod,” according to a public post by Mark Vincent Manlangit.

The city government, led by the Incident Management Team and City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CEDSU) of the City Health Office, installed an incident command post along A. Bonifacio Avenue, Phase 5 in Upper Bicutan to treat the victims.

Of the more than 40 victims, 13 were rushed to the Taguig-pateros District Hospital, seven are in other hospitals and 22 were sent home after undergoing check-up and receiving medicine at the incident command post.

The CEDSU got a food sample from the stall to check while the Sanitation Office will test the water source.

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