Pork consumption at wedding sends 80 to hospital in Manipur Photo Credit: BCCL Doctors confirmed that this is a case of mass food poisoning (Representative Image)

Imphal: In a massive case of food poisoning emerging from the state of Manipur, close to 80 people of the same village fell ill and had to be hospitalised on Friday afternoon after consuming pork at a wedding feast in the Thoubal district the previous night. District officials said that the matter has been reported from a village which is 30 kilometres from the state capital Imphal.

Locals familiar with the case told news agency PTI that villagers of Waithou Chiru who attended the wedding feast on Thursday night complained of vomiting and dysentery the next morning. They were then admitted to the Thoubal district hospital on Friday afternoon where doctors confirmed that those admitted were suffering from food poisoning.

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In April of this year, 32 people fell ill after consuming a wedding feast in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad district. The matter from Paharpur village came to light when multiple locals who attended the feast complained of diarrhoea and vomitting. They were then rushed to a nearby hospital in the area where they were treated. The incident was reported within a week of 40 people taking ill after consuming sweets at a wedding in the Rampur village of Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district.

A similar incident was reported from the Khanpur Chakla area in Gujarat in 2015 when 47 individuals contracted food poisoning following a wedding feast. All of the patients including 11 children were admitted to the VS Hospital where they were received medical treatment. The children were discharged after preliminary treatment and were reported to be out of danger.

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