NYAMIRA: AFTER CONSUMING POISONOUS CASSAVA, A 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD DIES AND HIS FAMILY HOSPITALIZED.
A police report states that the family's victims, who included the parents and four children, ages sixteen, eight, and six, had consumed the food for lunch. They started having diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach aches when night fell.
Investigating a case in which five family members—parents and brothers—were afflicted with stomachaches after reportedly consuming poisoned cassava, Nyamira police officers at the Ekerenyo station in Nyamira County are looking into the death of a 6-year-old boy.
A police report states that the family's victims, who included the parents and four children, ages sixteen, eight, and six, had consumed the food for lunch. They started having diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach aches when night fell.
After receiving first assistance at Ekerenyo Hospital from their neighbors, they were moved to Nyamira General Hospital for more care.
The youngest child at Nyamira Hospital Shadrack Mosigisi passed away from problems.
After receiving treatment, the parents and one child were released from the hospital, but the consequences of the poison left the other child critically ill.
When police officials went to the family's house, they sampled the cooked and raw cassava to conduct further investigations.
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