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The National Environment Agency or NEA announced a blanket ban on the serving of raw freshwater fish by any food outlet with immediate effect. Food stalls include hawker centres, coffee shops, food courts and canteens. Restaurants are exempted from this ban as they generally observe hygiene standards and source fish from suppliers who deal with fish intended for raw consumption.

10 days after having a dish of yusheng (raw fish) porridge at Tiong Bahru Food Centre on 15th November, 52 year-old Mr Sim Tham Chun suffered from severe headaches and seizures which put him into a coma and in critical condition at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH).

66 year-old Mr Chew, a gardener, has had to have his 2 legs and left hand amputated after he caught the rare but lethal Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria. The bacteria infection turned his limbs black and nearly killed him if doctors had not acted in time to remove his infected limbs.

At first, it started out like any case of food poisoning. But when 50 year-old Mr Tan Hwee Boon woke up, he had spent 2 weeks drifting in and out of consciousness. To make matters worse, his hands and feets had turned black with gangrene and doctors told him they would have to amputate them.