As of noon on May 2, Long Khanh Regional General Hospital, Dong Nai Children’s Hospital, and Dong Nai Rubber General Hospital have received 222 hospitalized cases suspected of food poisoning after eating bread.
Regarding the case of many people suffering from food poisoning after eating bread in Xuan Binh ward, Long Khanh city, the People’s Committee of Long Khanh city has reported with basic information about this incident.
* Many cases of pediatric patients have severe septic shock
Accordingly, from 5:00 a.m. on May 1, people ate bread at Bang bread shop (Tran Quang Dieu street, Quarter 2, Xuan Binh ward) on April 30 with signs: diarrhea, vomiting. … After that, many people were hospitalized at Long Khanh Regional General Hospital and Dong Nai Rubber General Hospital.
The total number of hospitalizations for examination and treatment at hospitals as of the morning of May 2 was 222 cases, of which, at Long Khanh Regional General Hospital were 209 cases, and at Dong Nai Rubber General Hospital were 13 cases. case.
For seriously ill children, they were then transferred to higher levels.
On the afternoon of May 2, information from the Emergency Department, Dong Nai Children’s Hospital, the hospital is receiving 6 children with severe intestinal infections due to poisoning after eating bread. Notably, the case of baby T.Đ.NA (7 years old) was admitted to the hospital in a state of respiratory failure and severe shock.
Doctors quickly provided first aid, resuscitation, intubation, anti-shock fluids, and antibiotic infusion… to the patient. However, the baby is still in critical condition, requiring mechanical ventilation, high doses of vasoactive drugs, and continuous fluid rehydration.
Previously, Dong Nai Newspaper reported that on the evening of May 1, Long Khanh Regional General Hospital received and was treating about 70 patients suspected of food poisoning after eating bread. Patients hospitalized with the following conditions: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain.
Through initial investigation, all patients ate meat sandwiches at the Bang sandwich facility. After eating, the patients showed the above symptoms. Many people bought medicine at home but couldn’t get better so they were hospitalized for treatment on the morning of May 1.
A doctor at Long Khanh Regional General Hospital examined a person who was poisoned after eating bread at the Bang facility. Photo: Bich Nhan
* Every day the store sells more than 1,000 loaves of bread?
Information from Long Khanh city, Bang bakery sells over 1,000 loaves of bread every day. The shop serves 2 sessions/day, morning from 6-10 am and afternoon from 2-6 pm. Ingredients are pre-processed and processed right at the store.
Meanwhile, according to the report of Ms. NTKB – the owner of the establishment, on April 30, the bakery served 1.1 thousand loaves of bread (500 loaves in the morning and 600 loaves in the afternoon).
According to the report, Bang bread shop is a small retail business that is not subject to food safety certification. The shop has 4 bread sales staff (of which 3 are direct, 1 is indirect) and do not have regular health check-ups.
Ingredients and foods are processed by the store itself from ingredients purchased at small retail stores, without contracts to purchase input materials used for processing.
Immediately after the incident, the city’s interdisciplinary inspection team sealed the freezer at the facility, including about 15kg of processed pickles, 1kg of pork sausage, 1kg of processed pork, 4 trays of pate weighing about 10kg.
The city’s interdisciplinary inspection team forced the facility to stop operating from 11 a.m. on May 1.