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Firefighters report that a group of students suffered symptoms of poisoning in Tejutla, San Marcos.
Lifeguards serve students affected by poisoning after consuming food in San Marcos. (Free Press Photo: Departmental Municipal Firefighters)
The departmental municipal firefighters reported that, on the night of Wednesday, May 21, at least 50 students were poisoned after consuming food at the end of a sports meeting.
The emergency was recorded in the Ixmulcá village, tamutla, San Marcos.
Seven of the students were stabilized and transferred to the Permanent Care Center (CAP) of Concepción Tutuapa.
Two others were taken to the Maternal Children’s Integral Care Center.
One of those affected was transferred to a private clinic in San Marcos. The rest of the patients were taken by their own means to different care centers.
According to lifeguards, all affected students are originally from the Chalachac village, Tejutla.
According to the report, 11 of the students required hospitalization.
To read more: How to identify food poisoning and what to do if it happens at home
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