NAMCHI, 30 May: With the rains having arrived, mushrooms too are popping up along the forest floor. Unfortunately, people are losing touch with the land they live in and incidents of consumption of poisonous varieties of this fungus are becoming common. In the first such incident of the season, reported from West Sikkim, an eight-year-old succumbed to the poisoning and passed away in hospital.
The serving of mushrooms for dinner inflicted a fatality in a family at Upper Suldung in West Sikkim. Dhan Bdr. Rai of Upper Suldung lost his 8 year old daughter while he along with the rest of the family had to be hospitalized.
The mushroom cooked for dinner was found to have been collected from the forest. It was obviously wrongly identified and was poisonous. Besides the family members, 12-year-old Navin Manger of Upper Kamling, a friend of one of the sons also ate the mushrooms along with the family.
Luckily, one member of the family was not at home on the fateful night and returned home early Sunday morning to find the entire family and the guest in a semiconscious state. He shouted for help and the villagers immediately rushed them to the nearest PHC, at Mangley, where they were administered first aid.
Three of the victims were immediately referred to the Namchi District Hospital but unfortunately 8 year old Sunita Rai died on the way to the hospital, it is informed. She was declared dead by the doctor here at Namchi District hospital while Navin and Buddhiman Rai (09) are under treatment.
The father, Dhan Bdr. Rai, his wife and their eldest son Yogen Rai (12) are undergoing treatment at Mangley PHC. According to sources, they are out of danger.
A meeting with the survivors here at the hospital makes it clear that they are traumatized by incident.
The serving of mushrooms for dinner inflicted a fatality in a family at Upper Suldung in West Sikkim. Dhan Bdr. Rai of Upper Suldung lost his 8 year old daughter while he along with the rest of the family had to be hospitalized.
The mushroom cooked for dinner was found to have been collected from the forest. It was obviously wrongly identified and was poisonous. Besides the family members, 12-year-old Navin Manger of Upper Kamling, a friend of one of the sons also ate the mushrooms along with the family.
Luckily, one member of the family was not at home on the fateful night and returned home early Sunday morning to find the entire family and the guest in a semiconscious state. He shouted for help and the villagers immediately rushed them to the nearest PHC, at Mangley, where they were administered first aid.
Three of the victims were immediately referred to the Namchi District Hospital but unfortunately 8 year old Sunita Rai died on the way to the hospital, it is informed. She was declared dead by the doctor here at Namchi District hospital while Navin and Buddhiman Rai (09) are under treatment.
The father, Dhan Bdr. Rai, his wife and their eldest son Yogen Rai (12) are undergoing treatment at Mangley PHC. According to sources, they are out of danger.
A meeting with the survivors here at the hospital makes it clear that they are traumatized by incident.
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