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Publication Reporting Alert ID Place Name News Source/Publication Language Date Date www.thehindu.com/English East Godavari 4552 08.03.2018 09.03.2018 http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp- andhrapradesh/food-poisoning-one-dead-31-others- taken-ill/article22973025.ece Food poisoning: one dead, 31 others taken ill in Title: district East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh Action By CSU, IDSP Information communicated to DSU-East Godavari, SSU-Andhra Pradesh –NCDC

One young woman died and 31 others were taken ill after they had breakfast at a small hotel at Ramavaram village of Jaggampeta mandal in .According to Peddapuram Revenue Divisional Officer V. Visweswara Rao, the incident took place on Tuesday morning, but it came to light only in the afternoon. All the affected persons were rushed to different hospitals by night.

Nalla Venakata Bhavani, 21, daughter of the hotel owner, died while undergoing treatment at the Kakinada government hospital on Wednesday morning.The RDO said the condition of Nandeeswara Rao, 30, who was admitted in a private hospital in Kakinada, was stated to be critical.

In all, 13 persons were admitted in the Kakinada government hospital, four in the private hospital and six were undergoing treatment at the community health centre at Jaggampeta. Eight persons were sent back to the village after their condition improved, he added. Hotels under the scanner

District Collector Karthikeya Mishra, who attended the Rajamahendravaram government hospital development committee meeting , said inspections would be

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conducted at all the hotels, restaurants and eateries in the district to check the quality of food and necessary instructions had been issued to the officials concerned.

Medical camp

He said contamination of a side dish led to the food poisoning, adding that the hotel was seized.

The Medical and Health Department had been asked to conduct a medical camp in the village.

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