On Chobok Day, Elderly Center Patron Eats Duck Meat and Falls Critically Ill... Suspected Food Poisoning
In Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongbuk, three residents in their 60s and 70s fell into critical condition after sharing a meal to celebrate Chobok.
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According to the Gyeongbuk Fire Headquarters and Bonghwa-gun authorities, on the afternoon of the 15th, 41 members of a senior citizens' center in Bonghwa-eup, Bonghwa-gun, gathered at a local restaurant in the village to eat duck meat. Among them, three showed severe symptoms such as cardiac arrest and decreased consciousness and were transported to the hospital. The patient in cardiac arrest regained normal pulse and breathing after being moved to the hospital.
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A Bonghwa-gun official explained, "Samples were taken from the patients' bodies and sent to the Gyeongbuk Provincial Institute of Health and Environment to test for food poisoning bacteria infection and other factors."
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