{Rwanda National Police (RNP) confirms it is investigating the last Saturday incident of suspected contaminated food served in Ngoma and Kayonza districts in which at least 40 people have since been admitted at different hospitals in the Eastern Province and in Kigali.}
At least 15 people have since been discharged.
The said contaminated food was served by East Land Motel at the graduation ceremony of Open University of Tanzania (OUT) located in Ngoma and at the hotel facility in Kayonza, on March 21, 2015.
Police spokesperson, Chief Supt. Celestin Twahirwa confirmed that police initiated investigations into the incident later that day after it received the unfortunate information.
“Before the end of Saturday, we recorded 17 cases of people who were admitted at Kanimba clinic in Ngoma and some of them have been referred to other hospitals including Rwanda Military and Kibungo hospitals and are getting much better.”
He added: “On Sunday, we received information of another group of infected people that also had its lunch at the hotel in Kayonza including a resident of Kirehe who died at Kirehe hospital on Sunday under similar suspicion. 23 others who include motel staff, are currently admitted at Gahini hospital.”
“All investigation teams including Police, medical and hygiene teams have since been activated and so far, three motel staff who include its Chef, have been interrogated and temporarily detained to facilitate ongoing investigations. The hygiene team has also temporarily closed the motel citing unhygienic issues.”
“The RNP Medico- legal team is currently conducting postmortem of the deceased resident of Kirehe as we also wait reports from other medical teams in hospitals where victims are admitted, in order to take the next course of action.”
He appealed to all those that had a meal either at the motel or at the University graduation that day to seek “immediate medical care,” and urged anyone with information on the incident, to provide it to support the ongoing investigations.
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