Ten staff from Mount St Agnes Academy have made a full recovery after suffering from severe food poisoning at an end-of-year celebration.The staff members have all been released from hospital after being struck by food poisoning at the privately catered event on Friday morning.The farewell ‘thank you’ breakfast was put on for MSA faculty and administration staff on the last day of term, the day after students graduated.Eight staff including principal Susan Moench were taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) by ambulance “almost immediately” after eating the breakfast, which included eggs.All those affected, which included teachers and secretaries, were violently sick, with some of them also suffering from diarrhoea. One member of staff had to be carried to the ambulance on a stretcher as he was in too much pain to walk.A further two staff checked themselves into KEMH later in the day after suffering similar symptoms. One woman was actually at the hospital assisting the others when she fell ill, while another staff member fell ill when at home.Medics in the emergency room put all the school staff on intravenous drip feeds and gave them shots to stabilise their systems. All staff were released later that day.The Government’s Health and Safety inspectors are now investigating the bout of food poisoning. They attended the scene of the breakfast and quizzed those who were present on what they ate.The school has refused to name the catering company involved because the investigation is on-going.Kerry Judd, who is a governor at Mount St Agnes Academy, said: “On Friday morning a farewell/thank-you breakfast was put on for the faculty and staff of MSA.“Shortly thereafter a number of staff became physically ill and emergency services were called.“There were ten staff members affected, eight of whom were transferred immediately to the hospital via ambulance. The other two developed symptoms a little while later and were checked into KEMH and treated shortly thereafter. All ten are now fully recovered.”The health department attended and have interviewed all who were present at the breakfast and their investigation is still underway.“At this time, without knowing the cause, it would be unfair and irresponsible to name the caterers.”Mount St Agnes Academy broke up for the summer break at midday on Friday so there was no disruption to classes. No students were affected by the food poisoning.Ms Judd added that it had been “a very unfortunate situation” especially as it had taken place on the last day of term.She said: “However, staff rallied around and did what needed to be done to ensure there was no disruption to students.“Students continued to be cared for and they were dismissed as normal with their report cards. Their day was not impacted.”