All students from Police College except two in ICU discharged

All expect two students from Police College based at Addu City who were hospitalized at Addu Equatorial Hospital for suspected food poisoning have been discharged.

Police, on Thursday morning, said all students hospitalized except two who were being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) have been discharged from the hospital.

In an earlier comment, Police said a total of 32 students were hospitalized, of which five were being treated in the ICU with one of them in critical condition.

An official from Addu Equatorial Hospital told Sun that the students were taken to the hospital at around 20:00pm on Wednesday evening, and were initially treated at the ER.

The official added they were brought after they showed symptoms of allergies, which they added could have been due to food they had consumed. 

Police also affirmed that they believed it was a case of food poisoning, adding the authority is looking into the matter with the hospital’s assistance.

The National College of Policing and Law Enforcement, developed with grant assistance from the Indian government, was officially inaugurated on March 27, 2022.