Food poisoning suspected as 147 schoolchildren fall ill
published : 12 Jun 2026 at 07:59
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Doctors say food poisoning is suspected after 147 children experienced abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea at a public school in Yasothon on Wednesday.
Some of the young pupils from Thetsaban 3 Hathanwakham School had more severe symptoms, requiring admission to Yasothon Hospital.
Officials said that 38 young students were admitted to the hospital for stomachache, vomiting and diarrhoea and were under close watch by medical personnel there.
A team has begun conducting a thorough investigation of personnel involved to find the cause of the incident.
The children affected ranged from kindergarteners to grade 3. Investigators are examining raw materials, samples from food handlers, drinking water and the school environment at large.
Thetsaban 3 Hathanwakhom School announced it would close on Thursday and Friday for cleaning and disinfection.
Vocabulary
- admission: the act of accepting somebody into a hospital for medical treatment - การรับผู้ป่วยไว้ในโรงพยาบาล
- diarrhoea (noun): an illness in which waste matter is emptied from the bowels much more frequently than normal, and in liquid form - อาการท้องร่วง, ท้องเสีย, ท้องเดิน
- disinfect: to make something clean by treating it with a substance that kills disease causing organisms - ฆ่าเชื้อโรค, ทำให้ปลอดเชื้อ
- food poisoning: when people get sick after eating food because it was spoiled or rotten already and there was bacteria growing in it - อาหารเป็นพิษ, ภาวะอาหารเป็นพิษ
- personnel: the people who are employed in a company, organization or one of the armed forces - บุคลากร, เจ้าหน้าที่, พนักงาน
- severe: very serious and worrying - ที่รุนแรง ที่น่าเป็นห่วง
- symptoms (noun): signs that someone has an illness - อาการ
- vomit: to empty the contents of the stomach through the mouth - อาเจียน
