Bhavnagar, Apr 2 (PTI) About 200 people including school children fell sick due to suspected food poisoning in two separate incidents in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district, officials said on Thursday.

Several of them were rushed to nearby government hospitals, and discharged after treatment.

Government medical officer Dr Nilesh Santariya said that on Wednesday, 52 children were brought to the general hospital as they complained of vomiting after a breakfast of bhaji-pav at school.

Some of them were kept under observation, and all were later discharged.

In the second incident, also reported on Wednesday, over 100 people complained of symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea after eating ‘prasad’ distributed during a program at a temple at Khambha village of Sihore tehsil.

Many of them were shifted to a hospital in Sihore for treatment and subsequently discharged, officials said. PTI COR KA KRK