Gnagna/Manni: 20 members of the same family victims of food poisoning

Twenty people were admitted to the urban Health and Social Promotion Center (CSPS) of Manni, after consuming meat soup, the AIB learned on Thursday.

According to sources reaching the AIB, it all started with the consumption of a meat soup by members of the Dabourgou family.

Which meat was brought back from the market on Wednesday evening by a member of the said family.

Some time after the consumption of this soup in the morning of Thursday June 13, 2024, vomiting followed in almost all consumers. Others also experienced abdominal pain.

Faced with the situation, all cases numbering 20, all internally displaced persons from Moipienga, were sent to the urban CSPS of Manni for their care.

According to the medical profession, their lives are out of danger.

Only 7 people were hospitalized and the others no longer showing symptoms have already returned home.

Human and animal health authorities from the commune of Manni went to the patients’ bedsides and were able to provide practical advice to the family.

Th
ey recommended caution to all citizens in order to avoid such incidents.

Source: Burkina Information Agency