Duck necks bring reunions to hospital

Family reunions for the Mid-Autumn Festival in Wuhan ran afoul with a popular local dish as 42 people were hospitalized with stomach disorders.

The diners experienced abdominal pains, vomiting and diarrhea after eating pot-stewed duck necks on Sunday. They had reportedly purchased the delicacies from a newly opened chain store named Juewei Duck Neck in the capital of Hubei province.

All 42 men and women, including two pregnant women, were sent to Guanggu district branch of Hubei Provincial Chinese Medicine Hospital and were diagnosed with food poisoning, Tao Jing, a hospital spokesman, told China Daily yesterday.