Santa Bahadur Tamang and five of his family members had died while 17 others taken ill after consuming bread made from pesticide-laced wheat flour. Those taken ill after consuming poisonous bread were rushed to hospitals in the capital for treatment.
Officials at the hospital informed that of the 17 patients, eight have admitted in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Others have been receiving treatment in the emergency ward. “Condition of three patients admitted in ICU is critical, while others are recuperating," a staff nurse at hospital's ICU said. She said other victims, who have been receiving treatment in the hospital's emergency ward, are recovering.
The incident has cast a pall of gloom in the entire village. Relatives and neighbors of the Tamang family who were mourned their death the entire day on Tuesday.
“They have left us forever," said Thuli Kanchhi Tamang, a relative of the deceased family, whose daughter Sani Maya is also receiving treatment in Kathmandu. "I hope my daughter survives. I have heard that she is receiving good treatment," Thuli Kanchhi added.
Sani Maya happened to eat the poisonous bread as she had stayed at Santa Bahadur's house that day. According to Thuli Kanchhi, there is no one left to look after Santa Bahadur's cattle. "They are hungry since morning and are making noises. But there's no one to give them food."
Purna Bahadur Tamang, 8, Tek Bahadur Tamang, 35, Buddha Singh Tamang, 9, Samjhana Tamang, 31 and Phul Maya Tamang, 60 , are among those taken ill after consuming the pesticide-laced bread.
As there was no food grain left in his home, Santa Bahadur had washed wheat grains laced with pesticide before taking it to a grinding mill and cooking the wheat flour bread. He had also left two manas of flour to the mill owner, Tilak Bahadur Dong, as payment. Dong and his family members had also fallen sick after consuming the bread made from the wheat flour.
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