Woman loses five family members due to food poisoning
Police in the South Sulawesi regency of Barru are investigating the cause of food poisoning which has killed eight people in Patappa village.
Sakka, 55, a witness, said her husband La Pasau, 60, grandchildren Asni, 16, and Mammi, 14, her daughter-in-law Juhaeni and the latter’s father La Waleng died after eating pancakes they received from relatives next door as they broke their fast on Tuesday.
Seven other people, including Sakka’s son Amon Tang and her grandsonYusri, are being treated at Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital in the provincial capital of Makassar.
Doctor Siti Hajar who takes care of the survivors said her patients hurt their stomach, but found no problems with their liver and kidney. She expected her patients to recover soon.
Sakka said she received the pancakes from her relative Syamsidar, who often baked pancakes using ingredients she bought from a nearby market. Syamsidar, who planned to leave for employment in Tawau in Malaysia, died in the incident.
All the dead victims were buried on Wednesday in Patappa village.
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