LARKANA: As many as 17 people fainted in and around Larkana after having allegedly used poisonous food at a bakery located in Professors Colony, Larkana, Qambar and Ratodero areas on Sunday.
All of them were rushed to the Emergency Department of the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for treatment and further management as other towns of both the districts have no emergency treatment facilities since beginning.
In Ratodero, 12 persons of a single family fainted after using contaminated food in Shah Lateef Colony. They include 28-year Mohib Arbani, 25-year Sadam, 15-year Ghulamullah, 14-year, Farmana, 11-year Shaheena, 7-year Abdul Sattar, 5-year Amjad Ali and others. They were shifted to the CMCH to save their precious lives.
In Bagodero village of Kambar five people including two kids and two women allegedly used poisonous food and became unconscious. They include Qaas, Ruksar, Kamran Gopang and others. They too were shifted to CMCH for treatment and management. Doctors were busy saving their precious lives.
Their heirs Saeed Gopang, Sanaullah Arbani and others told newsmen that their family members procured food items from a private bakery located in Professors Colony of Larkana after which their condition deteriorated and they rushed them to CMCH to save their precious lives.
They demanded stern legal action against the bakery owners and further questioned what the Sindh Food Authority (SFA) has been doing in Larkana? They said SFA instead of conducting regular raids to check hygienic sale of food and other eatables they are busy minting money which must also be probed immediately or the officials should be shown the door.
