Eleven members of one chareidi family were treated overnight for suspected food poisoning after attending a family event together, and several were taken to hospital.
The patients, a man of about 33 and ten children aged one to twelve, live in Beit Shemesh and Modiin Illit. Ichud Hatzalah teams in the Jerusalem district were called to both cities at the same time after the family members developed severe symptoms shortly after returning home from the gathering.
In Beit Shemesh, medics treated the father and five children aged one to eleven. In Modiin Illit, volunteers treated five more children from the family, aged four to twelve.
“They told us they felt ill after attending a family event,” said Ichud Hatzalah medics Meir Klamersky, Aharon Heimlich and Yitzchak Fox. “We gave them initial treatment at the scene, and some were taken by Ichud Hatzalah ambulances to hospitals for further treatment in stable condition.”
The initial assessment is that the family was sickened by food served at the event. The circumstances are under investigation.
