The doomed Gauteng Youth Aids conference was hit by a disaster on Saturday when over 30 delegates had to be rushed to hospital with food poisoning.
The event, set up by Gauteng Aids Council Youth Sector, had already been postponed five times since June over a lack of funding.The weekend-long event was all going to plan -- until the 150-odd delegates sat down for a buffet lunch on Saturday.
As the day went on, at least 30 of the diners started to report that they were feeling unwell. Things took a dramatic turn for the worst when some started vomiting up their food and others were apparently hit with uncontrollable diarrhoea. Chairperson of the organising committee, Oagile Louw, called it an"unfortunate incident" and confirmed that the sick delegates had been diagnosed with food poisoning. It remains unclear which of the dishes caused the diners to become ill."Once we noted the crisis we immediately called emergency personnel and notified the department of health to intervene."
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