HIBAPRESS
The municipality of Tinzouline, belonging to the province of Zagora, witnessed on Thursday evening a mass food poisoning incident that resulted in 83 people being injured, who were transferred to the regional hospital to receive first aid and necessary treatments, amidst a wide medical alert.
According to local sources, the injured were among the guests who attended a social occasion related to a dinner marking the end of the mourning period following a death, before they showed sudden health symptoms suspected to be related to eating a meal of "couscous" and the watermelon fruit. Upon the arrival of the cases at the regional hospital center, various medical and nursing staff were mobilized to deal with the situation, where the hospital witnessed a state of emergency in order to receive the injured and provide them with the necessary care in rapid and organized conditions.
