Following a ritual feast 100 people fell ill in Goalpara district

GOALPARA: More than 100 people fell ill after attending a ceremonial feast in Assam’s Goalpara district, a senior health official told on Thursday.

Joint Director (Health) Paresh Kalita told reporters that a prayer meeting was organized at the home of a member of the Garo community in Maryampur village, bordering Meghalaya, on Wednesday, followed by a feast.
Many people have been reported sick since Wednesday and more than 100 people have been admitted to Goalpara Civil Hospital and other hospitals in the district.
Kalita said that they suspected that food poisoning was caused by fish because only people who ate fish got sick while those who ate vegetables were fine.

He said that most of the patients are out of danger and their condition is said to be stable.