Here we go again!! That'll teach them for eating anything that flys; swims or crawls.
Puffer fish alert after food poisoning outbreak in Rayong
RAYONG: -- Three villagers were taken to hospital with serious food poisoning Tuesday after eating papaya salad mixed with fermented puffer fish.
Local public health officials searched for the source of the toxic food, fearing more people could fall ill.
The three patients - suffering nausea, diarrhoea, weak muscles, and numb fingers - were admitted to Ban Khai Hospital after eating papaya salad (somtum) mixed with fermented puffer fish two days ago.
As the patients were recovฌering in hospital, Rayong public health expert Dr Krit Palasuth told a meeting at Ban Khai Hospital the freshwater fermented puffer fish had been ground up, which spread toxins all over the papaya salad. This caused the villagers to suffer tretodotoxin poisoning.
-- The Nation 2008-01-15
