More than 120 employees of a garment factory at Boralugoda, Ingiriya were hospitalized due to a food poisoning at a New Year get-together in the factory last night, Hospital sources said.
They had been taken ill after partaking meals served to them at the get-together in the factory and were admitted to the Horana hospital.
A senior official of the Ingiriya MOH office said about 300 workers of the factory had attended the function.
He said the Public Health Inspectors are now conducting investigations into the incident.
Meanwhile another 150 workers of a Garment factory at Padukka and 60 workers of a factory at Homagama were admitted to the Homagama and Horana Hospitals.
According to reports the workers were taken ill after consuming chicken at the New Year parties held at their factories.
Hospital sources said they were out of danger.
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