- Title
- Tragedy Because of “Cendol”
- Newsworthy event
- Three people died and twelve others were hospitalized on Sunday for alleged food poisoning in Limapuluh Kota Regency, Padang West Sumatra. Local residents said they got a headache and vomited after drinking “cendol” – small, rice-flour beads used in shaved iced beverages – served during a wedding party in Batu Ampar Sub-district.
- Background event
- What > There is food poisoning because of “cendol”.
- Where > in Limapuluh Kota Regency, Padang, West Sumatra.
- When > on Sunday, when there is a wedding party in Batu Ampar Sub-district.
- Who > three people died and twelve others were hospitalized.
- Why > because there is poison in ‘cendol’.
- How > local residents said they got a headache and vomited after drinking “cendol” – small, rice-flour beads used in shaved iced beverages – served during a wedding party in Batu Ampar Sub-district.
- SOURCE
- Ujiani
Tragedy Because of “Cendol”
PADANG- Three people died and twelve others were hospitalized on Sunday for alleged food poisoning in Limapuluh Kota Regency, Padang West Sumatra. Local residents said they got a headache and vomited after drinking “cendol” – small, rice-flour beads used in shaved iced beverages – served during a wedding party in Batu Ampar Sub-district.
When we ask the plot of this tragedy to Ujiani, one of the victims, she said “Well I was invited to a wedding party of my neighbor in Batu Ampar. We were having a wedding meal was good until we drank a glass of “Cendol”. After half an hour, I felt dizzy and I felt like I had to throw up. Then I vomited. I also witnessed some of the guests doing the same thing.”
Ujiani said that she doesn’t remember anything because he fainted and when he woke up, he was already in the hospital.
The police came to that wedding party soon and appeased the incident. The doctors have handled that incident, but three victims died on the way to the hospital. People hope this incident does not happen anymore.
