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08-25-2008, 10:14 PM
11 including nine children ill after easting poisons fruits with cyanide content
2008-08-25 16:22:15
Nine children between the ages of 3 and 12 and two adults have been admitted to the Kalutara hospital after mistakenly consuming a poisons fruit which has a cyanide content, Director of the Hospital Dr. Nanda Waduge told Timesonline.
The children who had gone into the jungle to collect firewood in an area close to Aluthgama had collected these fruits assuming it to be ‘Himbutu’ which is usually eaten.
The children on return to their homes had made further inquiries whether it was safe to eat and some of the parents had said it was safe.
Soon after consuming the fruits they had started vomiting and fallen ill.
Dr. Waduge said one of the children was serious as he had eaten more fruits than the others. All of them are warded at the Kalutara hospital.
“These children may face complications in the future as it could have an impact on internal organs such as liver”, he said.
He said the fruit has been identified as “Hondala” and earlier the Health Education Bureau had educated the people on the danger of this fruit.
He said though there is popular yam known as “Hondala”, this particular fruit was from a different tree.
-Sundaytime
2008-08-25 16:22:15
Nine children between the ages of 3 and 12 and two adults have been admitted to the Kalutara hospital after mistakenly consuming a poisons fruit which has a cyanide content, Director of the Hospital Dr. Nanda Waduge told Timesonline.
The children who had gone into the jungle to collect firewood in an area close to Aluthgama had collected these fruits assuming it to be ‘Himbutu’ which is usually eaten.
The children on return to their homes had made further inquiries whether it was safe to eat and some of the parents had said it was safe.
Soon after consuming the fruits they had started vomiting and fallen ill.
Dr. Waduge said one of the children was serious as he had eaten more fruits than the others. All of them are warded at the Kalutara hospital.
“These children may face complications in the future as it could have an impact on internal organs such as liver”, he said.
He said the fruit has been identified as “Hondala” and earlier the Health Education Bureau had educated the people on the danger of this fruit.
He said though there is popular yam known as “Hondala”, this particular fruit was from a different tree.
-Sundaytime