200 falls sick after consuming contaminated food in Odisha

About 200 people fell ill after consuming food at a family function of a villager at Kadreiyan in Odisha's Balasore district on Saturday, official sources said.

The villagers complained of vomiting and loose motion after taking food at the house of a villager in Basta police station area, they said. According to doctors of Basta hospital where 107 people were provided medical treatment, the villagers fell ill due to contamination.

A team of doctors from the district headquarter hospital visited the village and attended affected people who were stated to be stable.