Over 100 people were admitted to the emergency department of a Doha hospital suffering from abdominal pains after the first night of Iftar during Ramadan, with other patients also suffering the effects of dehydration and kidney problems, it was reported on Tuesday.
“After Iftar on the first day of Ramadan, we saw large number of patients, which is usually the case during this period every year. Among them were 103 patients, who complained of abdominal pains, while some 62 patients complained of different forms of trauma,” Dr Warda Ali al-Sadd, chief consultant of the emergency department at the Hamad Medical Corporation told the Doha-based Gulf Times newspaper.
“Usually during summer we receive many patients having GE (gastroenteritis) and because many people tend to eat a lot during Ramadan, they usually fall victims of food that are not properly stored and which has got some bacteria accumulated on it. The people then suffer diarrhoea, stomach upset and vomiting after eating such food,” she added.
Other ailments reported by the department, which treats 1,500 patients a day, include those suffering from dehydration as a result of fasting.
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