Five fall ill after consuming poisonous mushrooms in Agartala

AGARTALA: At least five members of a family, including a child, fell ill in Tripura after consuming wild poisonous mushrooms, health officials said on Sunday.

A doctor at a government hospital in Sepahijala District’s Bishramganj primary health centre said that five people from a tribal family were admitted to the hospital on Saturday night after they started vomiting and felt stomach ache after consuming wild mushrooms.

The doctor said that when the condition of the ailing people, including a three-year-old child, deteriorated, they were referred to the government-run Govind Ballabh Pant Medical College and Hospital for better medical treatment. Every year, many people, mostly tribals, die or fall sick in the northeastern states after consuming wild mushrooms, and some of them often succumb to their illnesses. The indigenous people cannot identify the wild mushrooms that are unsafe for consumption. The consumption of wild mushrooms requires widespread public awareness, according to health officials. (IANS)

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