70 inmates from Byculla jail rushed to JJ Hospital with food poisoning

As per recent reports, up to 70 undertrial inmates from the Byculla jail have been taken to JJ group of Hospital suffering from an alleged case of food poisoning. Earlier the number of inmates was estimated to be 20. The prison inmates were offered breakfast in the morning and soon they complained of vomiting and dehydration, the prison staff rushed them to JJ Hospital.

All inmates were admitted to medical unit 5 and resident doctors were helping to revive the patients. A senior doctor confirmed the same and said the probability of water contaminated inside the prison cannot be ruled out. Senior prison officials and senior police officials are heading to JJ hospital.

Dr Wiqar Shaikh, Professor and head of unit 5 confirmed the development. When asked if Indrani Mukherjea was among the 20 patients brought in, the doctor was non-committal, as he was still on the way to the hospital to handle the emergency.

JJ hospital has now turned two of their wards into 'disaster wards'. The inmates were complaining of dehydration, nausea, diarrhoea and vomiting and doctors are in the process of ruling out cholera and other water-borne diseases.

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