A festival in Ilia turned into a “nightmare” – 37 people in the hospital with food poisoning – 2024-05-10 01:51:30

A total of 37 people were taken to the Varda Health Center with symptoms of food poisoning after a feast for Saint George in Ilia.

According to ilialive.gr, all 37 patients are residents of the village of Vouprasia who participated in the festive table that was set up in the courtyard of the church of Agios Georgios. According to the same source, all patients, aged between 15 and 90 years, had severe stomach and abdominal pain.

“We all ate from the same food. There was boiled meat and sweets. A short time later, the first symptoms began to appear. Strong malaise, abdominal pains and 37 people ended up at the Health Center with food poisoning. The doctors on duty offered us first aid, medication and serums” said a villager.

According to the deputy director of K.Y. Vardas, Stavros Leventis, the first patients were two brothers aged 15 and 16 and their mother. “At first we thought it was gastroenteritis. But as soon as other patients started arriving, who were all from the same village and found themselves at the same table, we immediately realized that it was food poisoning. The symptoms were intense: abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Appropriate medication was immediately provided and we managed the situation at the Health Center, without the need for any transport. The patients remained in the short hospital with serums and as soon as they felt better they all returned to their homes. However, until the drugs started to work, they suffered from pain.”