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Theresa
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 Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:11 pm Cassava Balls Poison 100 in Central Philippines |
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| Quote: | MANILA (Reuters) - About 25 elementary school children died and close to 80 people were hospitalized on Wednesday after eating fried cassava balls in a remote village on Bohol island in the central Philippines, local radio said.
The victims fell ill about a half-hour after eating the cassava balls, a local delicacy, during a mid-morning break, radio station dzMM said, quoting local officials and doctors.
"Several children were brought here vomiting and complaining of stomach aches," said Elpidio Bonito, a doctor at Ubay town, where 69 elementary students were taken on Wednesday noon.
Seven of the children did not reach the hospital alive, he said.
Close to 50 students from San Jose Elementary School were taken to two other hospitals, including a middle-aged woman who sold fried cassava balls.
Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said the government will send an epidemiologist to Bohol on Thursday to investigate the cause of the food poisoning incident.
03/09/05 06:10
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Pah-Wraith
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| Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:31 pm |
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Yep I agree
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Jemah
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| Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:48 pm |
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i guess i shouldn't be eating cassava balls then? 
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| Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:21 pm |
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Horrifying and sad 
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