The health authorities have closed down the canteen functioning inside the Kanhangad district hospital after people found dead Millipedes (Theratta) inside the vada served to them.
It turned into a major embarrassment for the health authorities, who have been insisting to take measures to prevent the spread of Shigella and E-Coli bacteria, which caused food poisoning in several children after they consumed food and water from an eatery in Charvathur.
The canteen has been functioning under the hospital staff council. After the incident on Wednesday, people immediately informed the hospital authorities, who ordered to close down the canteen. The health inspectors of the Food Safety department also inspected the place. It is learned that the vada was prepared and delivered to the canteen from outside.
