Sixty two students from Tupou College needed medical assistance with some of them were hospitalised and put on IV drips after they forced themselves to eat stale food after attending a funeral service in Tongatapu Thursday 6.
The details of the food eaten were not available but it was alleged it included hot-dogs that were cooked without removing their plastic bags.
Dr Seventeen Toumoʻua from Vaiola hospital, however, said they interviewed the victims, who were all members of the school’s brass band, and found out the students knew the food was stale but they forced themselves to eat it because they were hungry, Radio & Television Tonga reported.
Dr Toumoʻua said 15 of the students admitted to hospital were in critical but stable condition and health officials continued to monitor them. They were taken blood test and received intravenous fluid, he said.
Dr. Toumoʻua said symptoms included vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and weakness.
We emailed the principal of the school but have not received any response.
