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Contaminated Tea Sends 12 to Hospital in LarkanaPakistan
Twelve people, including women and children, were taken to hospital in Larkana after drinking contaminated tea, with five women in critical condition.
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Twelve people from the Bakrani area of Larkana district are in hospital after tea from a local shop left them seriously ill. The group, which includes women and children, was rushed for treatment after drinking the contaminated tea, and five women among them are reported to be in a critical condition.
The affected people were admitted to Taluka Hospital Bakrani and Chandka Medical College Hospital in Larkana, where doctors are treating them. According to hospital sources, the remaining patients are out of danger, while the five women in a critical condition are receiving medical treatment and all possible assistance. Doctors are continuing to monitor the five women closely, while the other patients are being kept under observation as they recover.
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Rescue teams reached the scene quickly and shifted the victims to hospital. Police also arrived at the spot, collected samples of the contaminated tea and began an investigation into how the drink became unsafe. The tea shopkeeper who prepared the tea has been arrested.
What exactly contaminated the tea has not yet been established. Police have collected samples of the tea as part of their investigation, and no official cause has been announced so far. The inquiry will now focus on the tea itself, including where its ingredients came from, how it was prepared and stored, and whether anything was added to it by mistake. Until those findings are known, officials have not said what caused the contamination. The names of the victims and the shopkeeper have not been released.
The two hospitals shared the sudden load between them, with some of the victims taken to the taluka hospital in Bakrani and others moved to the larger medical college hospital in Larkana city. Doctors at both facilities said the victims were affected by the contaminated tea and are being provided with medical care.
For the families in Bakrani, the immediate concern is the recovery of those still in hospital, five of them in a serious condition. Police say their investigation will establish how the tea became contaminated and whether anyone else bears responsibility for what happened.
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