24 snack victims still in hospital<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-two children and two adults, one of them
\na pregnant mother, were receiving treatment at Harum Hospital on
\nJl. Raya Kalimalang, East Jakarta, on Thursday for food poisoning
\nsuffered after eating snacks at an event at private Borobudur
\nUniversity on Wednesday evening, a senior nurse said.<\/p>\n
\"A total of 107 people were rushed to the hospital on
\nWednesday evening, but most of them were permitted to leave after
\ntheir health improved,\" Lisme Simanjuntak, coordinating nurse at
\nthe hospital, told The Jakarta Post on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
The two adults were identified as Irma, 22, a pregnant mother,
\nand Hertati, 23, while the children ranged in ages from four to
\n11 years old, she said.<\/p>\n
According to Lisme, the 24 remaining patients suffered from
\nvomiting, headaches and stomach pains.<\/p>\n
\"But, their health is improving, and doctors have said
\nhopefully they could leave the hospital by tomorrow,\" she said.<\/p>\n
She said Pratiwo, a pediatrician, and two other doctors,
\nRobertus and Haryati, were still treating the victims.<\/p>\n
The Suara Pembaruan afternoon daily reported on Thursday that
\nthe victims fell ill after eating rissoles, lemper (glutinous
\nrice and meat wrapped in a banana leaf) and omelettes.<\/p>\n
The daily quoted Dayat, a father of one of the poisoned kids,
\nas saying the omelettes were believed to have caused the food
\npoisoning.<\/p>\n
East Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col. Tjiptono confirmed the
\nallegation, saying police had questioned an employee of Borobudur
\nUniversity who was responsible for providing food for the event.<\/p>\n
\"Based on the information gained from the person, we estimate
\nthat the omelettes were the cause of the illness,\" he said on
\nThursday, as quoted by Suara Pembaruan.<\/p>\n
Tjiptono said his staff had taken samples of the food to the
\npolice laboratory to be examined. He also said that the Borobudur
\nFoundation was ready to cover all the hospital expenses of the
\nvictims.<\/p>\n
The victims were attending on Wednesday evening the
\ninauguration ceremony of the Koran education program at the
\nuniversity compound's Ummul Qurro Mosque. The ceremony was held
\nby the Borobudur Foundation, which runs the university.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Makassar Police had summoned two producers of the
\nfood, named Mrs. Tuti, a lemper supplier, and Janto Tjoandra,
\nowner of Pada Suka snack store, which sold the rissoles and the
\nomelettes.<\/p>\n
\"The cause of the massive poisoning may not have resulted from
\nthe lemper that I have supplied. There were three kinds of foods
\nprovided at the ceremony,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Janto said he sold 200 items of snack foods he
\nsupplied. (asa)<\/p>",
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