Food poisoning: One person confirmed dead, 6 others in critical condition

Hospital ward One person has been confirmed dead while
seven other members of same family are on
danger list at a private hospital in Nsukka
following food poisoning. They eight members of Mr Clement Alumona
family in Uvuru, Uzo Uwani Local Government
Area of Enugu State were said to have eaten a
meal prepared from cassava flour and
consequently took ill leading to the death of
one the Alumona’s, Bridget, aged four. According to sources close to the family, the
Clements’s wife, Veronica had bought dried
cassava tubers which were milled into flour
which they used in preparing the ‘alibo’ meal
which is usually eaten with soup. The other members of the family now, at the
intensive care unit of the Bishop Shanahan
Hospital, Nsukka, include the head of the
family, Clement, 63, and his wife Veronica. Others include Evelyn 12, Christiana, 8;
Frederick 6; and Francis who is one and a half
years. Hospital sources said that the surviving family
members were taken to hospital on Monday
night adding that they were transfused with
two pints of blood each. However, as at yesterday afternoon, the
victims were still vomiting and constant
stooling of blood.
Dr Oji Chimaroke who spoke on the issue at
the hospital however, said that six members of
the family have regained consciousness except Veronica, the mother of the house.