SRINAGAR: Officials in J&K's Budgam district said 39 persons, mostly children, were hospitalised on Friday owing to food poisoning.

These patients, according to the Health Department, had stomach-related issues and had to be hospitalised. "The obvious cause appears to be the traditional rice cooked with turmeric powder known as 'Tahaer' that these folks ate in Zaigipora village in Budgam's Chrar-e-Sharief district."

"Fifteen children were taken to G.B. Panth Hospital in Srinagar, three to S.M.H.S. Hospital in Srinagar, while the rest were kept under observation at the sub-district hospital in Charar-e-Sharief town," said Budgam's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tajamul Khan.

Additional personnel have been deployed to the affected village to deal with any emergencies that may develop, he said.

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