JAPAN: Poisoned dumplings put child in coma - (Associated Press)
January 30, 2008 – 6:55 pmTOKYO, Japan — Police and health officials were cited as saying Wednesday that 10 Japanese were sickened, including a child who fell into a coma, after eating Chinese-made dumplings contaminated with insecticide.
Three people in western Hyogo prefecture (state) and seven in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo suffered severe abdominal pains, vomiting and diarrhea after eating the frozen dumplings imported from China by a Japanese company, the Health Ministry said.
A 5-year-old girl in Chiba regained consciousness after falling into a coma, and her mother, two brothers and a sister were in serious condition, Chiba police official Masaru Hiratsu said.
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