Two dead, two taken ill after consuming wild mushroom in Rukum Purba

Rukum Purba, July 23: Two children died and two others of the same family from Rukum Purba district became ill after consuming a curry made of wild mushroom yesterday.     

District Police Office, Rukum Purba confirmed the deaths of three-year-old Yojan BK and six-year-old Bhagya Rekha BK of Serabang in Bhume Rural Municipality-5.     

Yojan died on Tuesday noon while Bhagya Rekha breathed her last at night while receiving treatment at Rapti Academy of Health Sciences in Dang district.     

Similarly, mother Ram Kumari Sunar, 35, and her daughter Ayusha BK, 9, became sick and are in critical condition after eating toxic mushroom, police informed.     

The family members had consumed the mushroom brought from jungle on July 18. They visited the District Hospital in Rukum Purba only on July 21 after they were fell ill severely.     

The District Hospital then referred them to the Dang-based Academy on July 22 where the two died during the treatment. The injured ones have been sent to Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj for further treatment, police added.(RSS)