<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Exclusive:</span></strong><span> There are fears multiple takeaway orders in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="_blank" title="south-east Queensland"><span>south-east Queensland</span></a><span> have been contaminated with rat poison after five people showed up sick at different hospitals.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Queensland Health has started an investigation after patients presented to hospitals in the Metro South region, including Logan and Princess Alexandra, in the past week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An internal safety alert issued by Chief Health Officer Dr Catherine McDougall to staff confirmed there has been a cluster of rat poison detections in patients.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/barnaby-joyce-to-leave-the-nationals-amid-speculation-of-defection-to-one-nation/cef8e827-1f60-4024-8335-3326e0a0aa8b" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'I'll open the doors for you': Pauline Hanson invites Barnaby Joyce to join One Nation</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Clinicians have been urged to monitor patients with bleeding-related symptoms that cannot be otherwise explained. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is suspected that the patients ingested the poison via contaminated products served at a fast food outlet in Logan. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McDougall told 9News the department is working to determine the source of the poisoning.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-south-east-logan-fears-multiple-takeaway-orders-contaminated-after-cluster-of-people-sick-with-rat-poisoning/6e97b752-a4a8-4bb9-8839-208956841063" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rat poison reduces vitamin K in the body, which decreases a person's ability to clot blood and can be very serious in some cases.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All five patients who turned up sick at hospitals are receiving treatment and are expected to be okay. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong><span></span></div></div>