2nd suspected meals poisoning dying in Kerala in 6 days

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 7: Six days after a younger nurse died as a result of suspected meals poisoning in Kerala, a 19-year-old woman handed away on Saturday after battling for her life at a hospital.

Anju Sree Parvathy alongside along with her pals had ordered a particular number of biryani on-line to have fun New Year’s in Kasargod, the state’s northern-most district which borders Mangaluru in Karnataka.

After having the biryani, she and her pals felt uneasy and have been taken to a close-by hospital.

Anju was later hospitalised in Mangalure the place she died on Saturday morning.

Local legislator C.H. Kunhambhu stated whereas Parvathy was hospitalised, her different pals had recovered.

The nurse working within the Kottayam Medical College died final week after she had meals from a resort which had its license cancelled final month following complaints.

The institution was allowed to open after paying a fantastic of Rs 20,000.

After the nurse’s dying, state Health Minister Veena George had spoken sternly of motion in opposition to wrongdoers and on Saturday she stated that strict motion will likely be taken.

An challenge which has come into focus now’s that the state has solely 140 area employees for monitoring six lakh institutions.

V.R. Vinod, Food Safety Commissioner, has revealed that until date no erring particular person has been convicted in Kerala after a dying had been reported as a result of meals poisoning.

“According to the rules, anyone found to be in violation following a death being reported due to food poisoning is seven years imprisonment. But no one in the state has been convicted for it. At present, there are around 1,800 cases in the courts for various offences related due to food adulteration. There is a delay in the trial due to lack of a special court,” the Commissioner added.

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