Anand | At least 195 girls staying at a hostel in Gujarat's Anand district fell sick due to suspected food poisoning and 20 of them were hospitalised on Friday, an official said adding that all of them were out of danger.
"Girls at Ranak Girls Hostel in Vallabh Vidyanagar complained of vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain from early Friday morning following their dinner the previous night," District Epidemic Medical Officer Dr Rakesh Patel said.
Twenty of them were hospitalised and their condition was stable, he said.
Food and water samples from the hostel have been collected by food safety officials and sent for analysis, he added.
