Hyderabad, June 3 -- 35 patients admitted at the Erragadda Mental Health Institute also known as the Erragadda mental hospital fell ill after suspected food poisoning on Tuesday, June 3.

The patients complained of loose motions suggestive of a gastrointestinal upset.

Although initial reports suggested that one patient complained of food poisoning and died while 70 others also reported similar symptoms, the hospital in statement claimed that the reports were 'exaggerated'.

Over the reports of a death due to food poisoning, the hospital claimed that a destitute, Karan, 30, who had been admitted at the facility in 2023, on orders of the Magistrate of Bhupalpally, passed away at 5:30 am on Tuesday, after a suspected bronchopnemonia that ma...