70 students of SM Poi Lam, Perak down with food poisoning

A total of 70 hostel students of Sekolah Menengah (SM) Poi Lam, Perak were rushed to hospital after complaining of stomach aches, diarrhoea, fever, vomiting and dizzines after eating canteen food on Thursday.

Out of the number, 49 were male students.

All the students were brought to five private clinics while one was admitted to hospital.

Kinta Health District office in a statement had ordered the school hostel canteen to be closed immediately following the incident.

"Initial probe found four of the six workers had not received anti-typhoid injections while another four had never attended courses in handling food properly," the statement read.