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Number of students in TP HCM with food poisoning increases to 184

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An additional 36 students from Binh Quoi Tay Primary School were hospitalized with suspected food poisoning symptoms, bringing the total number of cases to 184 as of the morning of 11/4.

Doctor warns of 'silent killer' in cheap alcohol

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A small amount of industrial methanol found in cheap alcohol can lead to permanent blindness or death.

Number of Ho Chi Minh City students suspected of food poisoning increases to 148

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An additional 95 students from Binh Quoi Tay primary school were hospitalized with symptoms suspected of food poisoning, bringing the total number of cases to 148 as of the morning of 9/4.

53 students in Ho Chi Minh City hospitalized with suspected food poisoning

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Ho Chi Minh City hospitals have admitted 53 students from Binh Quoi Tay Primary School over the past two days due to suspected food poisoning, with 24 children currently hospitalized.

Three people poisoned after eating unknown wild vegetables

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Three family members in Nam Can commune developed symptoms of food poisoning after consuming unknown wild vegetables gathered from the forest.

Man hospitalized after mistaking poisonous root for "sam dat"

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A 61-year-old man was rushed to the hospital after suffering poisoning from a "thuong luc" (pokeweed) root, which he mistakenly consumed believing it to be "sam dat" (Vietnamese ginseng).

Three children with botulinum poisoning taken off ventilators after receiving antitoxin

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Three pediatric patients suffering from botulinum poisoning after consuming fermented fish were taken off ventilators and are out of critical condition as of noon on 14/3, two days after receiving the specific antitoxin.

"Invisible" toxin in eel hospitalizes six tourists

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Bach Mai Hospital's Poison Control Center admitted six people for emergency treatment due to ciguatoxin poisoning, commonly found in some marine fish.

three child patients escape critical condition after 10 hours of botulinum antitoxin infusion

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three siblings suffering severe respiratory failure due to botulinum poisoning opened their eyes and moved their limbs on the morning of 12/3, following approximately 10 hours of infusion with a rare antitoxin sourced from Switzerland.

Three critically ill after eating poisonous water hemlock

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Three men were hospitalized in critical condition with headaches, vomiting, numbness, and difficulty breathing after eating a wild parsley-like plant from the forest in Lang Son province.

Three children suspected of botulinum poisoning after eating fermented fish

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Six family members ate fermented fish, and that afternoon, three children were hospitalized with suspected botulinum poisoning; one child was in a coma and required mechanical ventilation due to respiratory failure.