¡¡KATHMANDU, July 26 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 200 persons were admitted to hospital after becoming ill following a feast that they took part at a village in eastern Nepal, Mechi Zonal Hospital said here Tuesday.

    "The local people at Methibari Garamani village, in Jhapa district, some 500 km east of Kathmandu, who had attended a feast organized by a local villager, arrived at the hospital with complaints of nausea, vomiting, stomach pain and fever on Monday,"the hospital said in a press statement.

    The feast was organized to mark the first death anniversary of a villager, the statement noted.

    The hospital witnessed a critical shortage of heath workers and physical infrastructures after the large number of patients rushed to the hospital following the incident.

    "The patients had to be accommodated into all available spaces of the hospital, including the surgery room, after the existing emergency room became too crowded," the statement noted.

    Most of the patients returned home after primary treatment, while five are still undergoing treatment in the emergency ward. Enditem