Dagupan hotel food downs guests?

DAGUPAN CITY – At least seven people, including a judge, were rushed to hospitals on suspicion that they were victims of food poisoning after attending two separate occasions in a hotel here Sunday afternoon.

Dr. Leonard Carbonell, city health officer, said they were checking the food served at the Star Plaza Hotel where the victims, who had complained of abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting, reportedly dined.

Carbonell said they were still unsure if the other guests also suffered similar symptoms or merely did self-medication.

“It could be water-borne, food-borne or viral,” said an attending physician, who declined to be identified.

Carbonell said the hotel management welcomed the probe. – Eva Visperas