24 July 2009, 22:00
20 people taken to hospital with food poisoning in Stavropol Krai
20 people, including seven children under 10, have been taken to hospital with food poisoning in Novopavlovsk (Stavropol Krai).
The "Caucasian Knot" reported previously that on July 7 the court of the town of Lermontov sentenced persons accused of causing a mass episode of enteric infection in kindergartens of Mineralnye Vody in the Caucasus in October 2007 to removal from professional work for 3 years. The convicted persons stated they would appeal against the sentence.
The Krai law enforcement agencies announce that all sick persons in Novopavlovsk have been diagnosed "acute gastroenteritis".
Specialists now work to establish the cause of the mass illness, reports the RBK.
