Hospital ward
by Oge Okonkwo
Eight members of the same family in Uvuru, Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State are on danger list while one has been confirmed dead due to food poisoning at a private hospital in Nsukka.
The head of the family, Clement Alumona and the other seven members of his family were said to have immediately took ill after eating a meal prepared from cassava flour, leading to the death of a member of their family, Bridget, aged four.
Vanguard reports:
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.
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