Beijing time:2022-10-01 05:05
[NTDTV, Beijing time, October 01, 2022]A shipChinese cargo shipa few days ago inOff the coast of VietnamFor help, the Vietnamese side said that there were 21 Chinese crew members on the cargo ship, who were suspected to have eatenpoisonous fishresulting in 12 deaths and 9 others being hospitalized, 3 of them in critical condition.
Online media Vietnam Express (VnExpress) reported that the Chinese bulk carrier “Wuzhou No. 8”（Wuzhou 8) On September 27, he left the Kohsichang port in Chonburi Province, Thailand, with cassava and sailed to Lianyungang, China. An accident occurred in the Vietnamese waters on the way.
September 30,Wuzhou No. 8The captain asked for help through his agency, Hoyer Tranpost Vietnam Co. Ltd., saying that the crew had food poisoning and were in critical condition and needed to be sent to shore for medical treatment.
Vietnamese authorities dispatched rescue helicopters to rescue, but when rescuers arrived, 10 people on board were dead, and two others died during emergency medical treatment. After treatment of the remaining 9 patients, 6 of them had recovered by the end of the night, and the other 3 were in critical condition.
“According to the captain, the crew members had food poisoning. The food was on board, but I don’t know what it was,” said Tran Tan Loi, manager of the Wuzhou No. 8 cargo ship agency.
Another Vietnamese media quoted the surviving crew as saying that they may have eatenpoisonous fishresulting in food poisoning.
“Vietnamese People’s Public Security Daily” quoted a crew member on October 1 as recalling that the food on board was prepared by the chef. At noon on September 29, the crew ate canned meat without any problems. At 5:30 pm that day, everyone ate fish and vegetables together. Between 10:00 and 11:00 that night, everyone began to have diarrhea and vomiting until late at night.
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