JAMMU: At least 30 persons were hospitalised because of poisoning after partaking dinner at a function in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.At the function at the house of one Maqsood Ahmed in Mendhar tehsil of the district, villagers ate dinner and fell ill thereafter, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Poonch Ashok Verma said.Thirty of them were hospitalised out of which nine were critical, he said.
A team of doctors led by block medical officer rushed to the spot to treat the patients.