8 taken ill after consuming Hawaijar
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kakching, November 28 2022:
At least 8 people including a minor of different localities of Kakching have been admitted at Community Health Centre (CHC), Kakching after consuming dish made of fermented soya-bean locally known as Hawaijar.
All those admitted at the CHC are from Kakching Phousupat, Moirangthem and Chumnang Leikai.
A local source said an elderly woman from Phousupat Leikai went house-to-house on November 25 to sell fermented soya-bean in the three localities.
As the elderly woman routinely sold her fermented soya-bean in the localities, many purchased the popular food item and consumed.
However, two residents of Moirangthem Leikai started vomiting and both were admitted at the CHC.
Later, six more residents of Kakching Phousupat Leikai and Kakching Chumnang Leikai showed the same symptom after consuming Hawaijar purchased from the elderly woman and got admitted at CHC Kakching for treatment.