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An Unhygienic Food Centre

“Ouch my stomach is aching. I can’t bear this” I grumbled to the doctor. Tears rolled down my cheeks.

It was a bright sunny afternoon; Raj and his mother were walking. His mother had just picked him up from the school. Hunger pangs soon hit Raj and he insisted his mother that they should stop by the neighbourhood restaurant and have food. The good food centre was poor in the record of hygiene. It was overrun with rats and infested with cockroaches. Stray cats frequently roamed about the food centre as they were attracted by food craps left behind by the customers. Houseflies and mosquitoes also hovered in and around. In spite of all this, the food centre provided good food at reasonable rates. As Raj was terribly hungry, he ordered a plate of noodles and lemonade. His mother was not hungry and so she just ordered coffee. Raj polished up the plate of noodles and gulped down the lemonade within 10 minutes. Then he gave a burp of satisfaction.

Barely 15 minutes had passed and Raj got a queasy feeling in his stomach. When they were returning home, Raj ran to the drain and threw up. He complained of severe stomach ache. His concerned mother took him to the clinic. After examining Raj the doctor said that Raj’s food poisoning was very severe. Apart from food poisoning the boy suffered from vomiting, diarrhoea and terrible stomach ache. His mother took him to the emergency unit of the hospital. The doctor had his stomach pumped to remove the contaminated food particles. He gave Raj vaccination, prescribed some medication and Raj was admitted in the hospital for 4 days. The next day, Raj’s mother lodged a complaint against the Department of Health for the unhygienic food at the Good Food Centre. Health experts were sent to the food centre to conduct a checking. When the health inspectors found that the entire food centre was infected with pests and was very dirty they ordered the manager of the food centre to close the food centre and clean it up thoroughly or else their license to operate an eating establishment would be revoked.

The food centre was closed for 2 weeks and when it was re opened, it was sparkling clean. The entire spick and span area and improved dining area proved to be a hit with the customers. Most importantly those who ate at the food centre did not suffer from any disease

Mahika Kotecha

CNMS School

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