One more died in Lamin-food poisoning incident, death toll rises to 5

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 3, 2020

One more person have died on Sunday after consuming wild mushrooms at a village along the Indo-Bangla border in West Jaintia Hills, taking the total number of deaths to five. 

It may be mentioned here that a total of 18 persons from three families at Lamin village under Amlarem civil sub-division turned critically ill after consuming the wild mushrooms, they collected from a nearby forest.

The village headman Golden Gashnga informed that the deceased Amstrong Khonglah (23) passed away at 12.21 pm at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS).

Armstrong was the brother of Katdilia Khonglah (26), who passed away due to food poisoning incident last week. 

The other deceased include Synran Khonglah (16) and Lapynshai Khonglah (28) and Morison Dhar (40).

Katdilia’s sisters Mariaba and Wanrika are still undergoing treatment at NEIGRIHMS while 7 year-old Dimah Gashnga, son of Morison in Woodland Hospital, Shillong.

Meanwhile, the other ten persons have recovered and have been discharged from the hospital.