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Food poisoning kills Singapore woman, sickens 111

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-04-07 11:20

SINGAPORE - A Singapore woman has died, another is in a coma and 111 people have received medical treatment from food poisoning linked to a single street food stall, health officials said.

A 57-year-old woman died Monday after eating last week at the street stand selling Indian rojak, which is usually a combination of fried seafood and egg with gravy, the Health Ministry said in a statement late Monday.

Another woman, aged 59, is in a coma and 27 people have been hospitalized with severe abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhea after eating at the same food stall, the ministry said.

Police are investigating the death, the ministry said.

A woman who was two-months pregnant suffered a miscarriage after falling sick from the contaminated food, the Straits Times reported Tuesday.

The ministry closed down the food stall but said it hasn't yet determined exactly which food caused the outbreak. Customers who fell sick said the gravy tasted strange, the Straits Times reported.