Schoolchildren from Pichit were
inadvertently given bad food on their recent trip to Jomtien.
Boonlua Chatree
Twenty students and teachers on a field trip to Pattaya took an
unscheduled stop at the hospital after apparently suffering food
poisoning.
Ten ambulances took the 18 students and two teachers from 5th Municipal
School in Pichit to Banglamung Hospital late Feb. 5 after they
experienced vomiting, diarrhea and fainting.
Seventy students and teachers had been staying at Mai Krathungthong
Temple in Jomtien Beach and, that morning, their driver had obtained
lunch boxes containing fried rice with pork, chicken, shrimp and squid
from the street-side vendors in Jomtien.
Students started falling ill after the mid-day meal and teachers decided
to call for help after symptoms worsened.
Luckily, there were no lasting effects and all the stricken were treated
and sent home.
