Eakbir Saru, 13, Kiran Saru, 11 and Kushal Rana, 5, died while Thankumari Saaru, 45, her eight year-old- son Naresh and five-year-old daughter Susmita are receiving treatment at Tansen Mission Hospital. Eakbir and Kiran were siblings.[break]
They had consumed poisonous mushroom on Friday morning. Than Kumari had cooked mushroom after returning home from jungle and served it to all her family members.
“All of us had eaten mushroom and the children had gone to school after having lunch,” said Than Kumari, adding, “All of us started vomiting at eight o´ clock in the evening.”
Two of the siblings had died while receiving treatment at hospital Monday night while the other died on Tuesday afternoon.
Naresh is also in critical condition, said Director of the hospital Rachel Karakh. Consumption of poisonous mushroom causes nausea and diarrhea and water level in the body reduces. Then liver stops functioning.
According to Karakh, symptoms of poisoning do not appear immediately. A person starts vomiting only five to six hours after consuming poisonous mushroom. “There is no other method of treatment except drinking a lot of water,” she said.
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