A family celebration at a Haidilao hotpot outlet in Sengkang ended with one woman being hospitalized, after she suffered severe diarrhoea that her relatives say was caused by a fruit plate served during the meal.
The incident reportedly occurred at The Seletar Mall branch, where 12 relatives had gathered to celebrate the family’s grandaunt’s 80th birthday on Oct. 11.
The woman’s brother, a 36-year-old man surnamed Wang, told Shin Min Daily News that four family members: his uncle, father, younger brother and younger sister, suffered stomach pain and repeated diarrhea shortly after returning home. He said they were the only ones who ate from the restaurant’s fruit plate, leading the family to suspect it was the cause.
Wang said his sister’s condition was the most serious. She experienced continuous diarrhea overnight and fainted from dehydration the next morning. She was taken by ambulance to hospital, where she was diagnosed with gastroenteritis and placed on an IV drip. She was discharged later that day, but took around three days to fully recover. The family said her medical bills came to several hundred dollars.
