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24 hospitalized after eating mushrooms in SW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-16 19:50

KUNMING - Twenty-four people sickened after eating non-poisonous mushrooms are receiving treatment in a hospital in Southwest China's Yunnan province, doctors said on Monday.

The incident occurred in Jinji township of Baoshan city on Friday after the people ate mushrooms at a local restaurant, according to doctors with Baoshan Municipal No 2 Hospital, where the sick are being treated.

As many as 100 people may have consumed the mushrooms.

The incident is under investigation.