50 Hospitalised With Food Poisoning Symptoms After Janmashtami Event At UP Village

A patient named Parkham Singh, a resident of Parkham village, said people felt dizzy after eating the buckwheat-flour fritters served at the event, and started vomiting and shivering.

At least 50 people, including children, have been hospitalised for suspected food poisoning in a Mathura village after they consumed fritters made from buckwheat flour during Janmashtami celebrations. The people took ill on the intervening night between Monday and Tuesday.

According to a PTI report, a patient named Parkham Singh, a resident of Parkham village, said people felt dizzy after eating the fritters, and started vomiting and shivering. He also said that the ‘kuttu ka atta (buckwheat flour)' was bought from a local shop in the village.

"Around 50 people from my village have fallen ill," he added.

Priyanka, a teenager admitted to hospital, told PTI, "We had fritters made of buckwheat flour last night. After that, I started vomiting and felt a burning sensation in the stomach." 

Mahesh, another resident of the village, said his wife found herself unable to stand, and almost fainted, as per the report. 

A doctor told PTI that, around 1 am, 29 patients were admitted to the hospital in the village with complaints of vomiting and uneasiness. He said the patients were undergoing treatment and were in stable condition, adding that other patients were taken to different hospitals.

People celebrated Janmashtami in various parts of the country on Monday. The festival is celebrated in a particularly grand manner in Mathura and Vrindavan, which are believed to be the places where Lord Krishna was born and raised. The festival ends with late-night aarti, often held in public congregations.