Kids hospitalized after eating at kindergarten

By Ma Lie in Xi'an | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-30 08:13

A child cries from a stomachache at the Weinan City Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Shaanxi province on Tuesday night. Children in a local kindergarten suffered vomiting and stomachaches after eating lunch on Tuesday. Zhao Lei / for China Daily

Eighteen of 42 ill children sent to hospitals for treatment on Tuesday afternoon after eating in a kindergarten in Weinan city, Shaanxi province, were diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis, city authorities said on Wednesday.