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Wedding Feast in Madhya Pradesh Sickens More Than 150 Guests

Officials report patients stable pending lab results on food samples.

Overview

  • Guests at a Babadiya-Noabad wedding, which served dinner Wednesday night, later reported vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach pain.
  • Officials counted between roughly 80 and 200 people treated or admitted, and doctors said none were critical.
  • The Ichhawar health centre and the Sehore district hospital declared an emergency, brought in extra staff and set aside two wards for patients.
  • Samples from the meal went to the Food and Drug Administration lab in Bhopal, and locals offered conflicting guesses about a tainted raita or mawa-based gulab jamun.
  • Revenue Minister Karan Singh Verma said hot weather may have spoiled food at the large gathering of about 1,200 guests, underscoring food-safety risks at mass events.