Salem: Just recovering from a scary dengue sweep, this time it was ironically the turn of nurses to turn 'patients' at the Mohan Kumaramangalam government hospital in Salem. A good number of a group of 50 trainee-nurses of the government hospital turned in-patients on Thursday, with symptoms of vomiting and giddiness after they had taken dinner at the hostel mess, sources said.
About 300 trainee-nurses are staying in the hostel attached to the Salem government hospital. But 50 of the nurses suddenly took ill after they had taken dinner at the hostel mess late on Wednesday evening. Even as some of them suffered from diarrhea, a few hours after the meal, the affected nurses were all rushed to the government hospital early today.
As the health condition of 13 nurses worsened due to continuous vomiting, they were admitted as in-patients and are being treated. Nurses alleged that food poisoning in the hostel dinner possibly caused the illness and based on their complaint, officials have begun an inquiry with the hostel authorities.
