PTI, MUMBAI: In a suspected case of food poisoning, at least 81 inmates of Byculla women’s prison were admitted to the J J Hospital here today after they complained of nausea, vomiting and loose motions, hospital sources said.
The patients included two 24-week pregnant women. Besides them, a four-month-old son of one of the admitted inmates was also hospitalised, they said.
A doctor attending the prisoners at the state-run hospital said prima-facie it seemed to be a case of food poisoning.
Prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case Indrani Mukerjea, who is also lodged in the Byculla jail, was not among those admitted to the hospital, jail officials said.
“Indrani is in the prison. She is fine,” a senior jail official said.
The admission of the inmates to the hospital started around 9.45 am after they informed the jail authorities about their health problems, the source said.
The dean of the hospital, Mukund Tayade, confirmed that 81 patients were admitted to the hospital till noon.
