About 200 RI students fall ill after buffet meal

Students had symptoms of food poisoning; many due to sit their A-level exams soon

Students whom ST spoke to noticed their schoolmates feeling sick last Friday after a buffet meal prepared by an external caterer. PHOTO: FACEBOOK/RAFFLES INSTITUTION
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About 200 Raffles Institution (RI) students had symptoms of food poisoning over the weekend, just days before many were due to sit their A-level examinations.

Most of those affected are Year 6 students, who had symptoms such as diarrhoea and stomach ache, The Straits Times has learnt.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 24, 2018, with the headline About 200 RI students fall ill after buffet meal. Subscribe