The Mugalzhar District Court of Aktobe Region has ordered the owner of the "Tumar" restaurant in Kandyagash to pay 222,725 tenge to a woman who fell ill after attending a toi, according to infohub.kz.
According to "Diapazon," the victim sought compensation for moral damages and reimbursement of treatment costs through the court. The woman attended a celebration and subsequently was hospitalized with food poisoning.
In the summer, a mass poisoning occurred at the "Tumar" restaurant in Kandyagash: 188 people fell ill after attending tois and sadaka. Of those, 177 people with signs of intestinal infection were hospitalized.
One of the victims decided to legally recover treatment costs and compensation for moral damages from those responsible.
The Mugalzhar District Court reported that the restaurant owner only partially admitted the claims. He agreed to reimburse medication and treatment costs but did not admit the moral damages claim. The court ruled otherwise: the defendant was ordered to pay 22,725 tenge in material damages and 200,000 tenge in moral damages.
Earlier it was reported that in June, in Aktobe Region, after visiting a restaurant in Kandyagash, more than 100 patients with signs of intestinal infection were hospitalized in the Mugalzhar District Hospital and the Regional Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital.
At that time, police opened a criminal case on charges of violating sanitary rules or hygiene standards (Article 304 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan).
Later it became known that the number of hospitalized after visiting the restaurant in Kandyagash had increased. The establishment was closed.
Subsequently, sanitary doctors completed the investigation of the mass poisoning at the restaurant in Kandyagash. The inspection revealed staphylococcus, E. coli, and a number of violations. The results were handed over to law enforcement.
In addition, it became known that the owner and head of the restaurant where the mass poisoning occurred fell under an amnesty.