LAGOS, Apr 16 (NNN-IRIN) – At least 10 people lost their lives, while 400 others have been hospitalised, in a food poisoning event in Kano, a state in north-west Nigeria, a local official said yesterday.
Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, the state commissioner for health, confirmed the deaths, while giving updates on the recent incident yesterday, in Kano city, adding, about 400 people are currently on admissions at state-owned hospitals, of whom 50 are undergoing kidney-related treatments.
Tsanyawa warned local residents against the consumption of substandard drinks, which are suspected to have caused the recent catastrophic event.
“As you are aware, the Ministry of Health had recently announced the outbreak of a strange disease, traceable to the consumption of substandard juices,” he said.
“The consumption of this fake and substandard product has telling effects on the kidney, and other vital organs of the body,” he added.
According to a report by the official News Agency of Nigeria, yesterday, the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said, it received a report of a strange disease suspected to be caused by drinking sachet water and locally processed drinks.
NAFDAC was quoted as saying, the infected people developed symptoms such as severe vomiting and urine mixed with blood.
NAFDAC Director General, Mojisola Adeyeye, confirmed to local broadcaster the Channels TV, on Mar 17, that initial investigation found the strange disease in Kano is “a case of food poisoning with flavoured drinks that has a chemical called Dansami.”– NNN-IRIN
