Food poisoning: 92 Warkaris fall ill

About 92  pilgrims  (Warkaris)  accompanying  Sant  Tukaram Maharaj  Palakhi  were  admitted  to  a  hospital  in  Baramati on Sunday after they fell prey to food-poisoning at  Unawadi  Kadepathar  in  Baramati  Taluka. All the pilgrims who fell ill are from Ambegaon. Doctors at the hospital said they were  now out  of  danger.

The Tukaram Maharaj  Palakhi  had taken a halt at  the Unawadi  Kade  Pathar on the  outskirts of Baramati. Two  Warkaris  suffered from sickness and dysentery  in  the  wee  hours  of Sunday.  They  were  taken  to  a  hospital  immediately. Meanwhile, more and then many more Warkaris  of  this Dindi developed similar sickness. 

It  was  Dindi  (group  of  0pilgrims  traveling  together)  number  165  and  all  the  92  pilgrims  were  rushed  to  Silver  Jubilee  hospital  in  Baramati.  The  medical  director  of  the  hospital  Dr  Geeta  Kulkarni  informed  that  all  the  Warkaris  are  out  of  danger.  All  of  them  had  had dinner  at  Unawadi  Kadepathar on Saturday night. It  is  not  known  whether  they  had  food  poisoning  out  of  the  food  they  had  on  Saturday  night. but  the  samples  of  their  Swab  and  vomiting  have  been  sent  to  laboratory for  investigation.