Mass mushroom poisoning in Ternopil region: 8 children among the victims
Kyiv • UNN
In the Ternopil region, 8 children and one adult were poisoned by wild mushrooms. The victims were hospitalized in serious condition in various medical facilities, including Okhmatdyt and Lviv hospitals.
In Ternopil region, eight children and one adult were poisoned by wild mushrooms, UNN reports, citing the Ministry of Health.
According to the Ministry of Health, seven of the children were from the same family, and one was a guest of a family member. Of those hospitalized, only the one-year-old child was in satisfactory condition, the rest were in serious condition.
Two of the injured children - born in 2007 and 2021 - were transported to Lviv, five - born in 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020 - are currently being transported to the Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital, and another child was transferred to the Ternopil Regional Hospital.
The adult who fed the mushrooms to the children, a man born in 1965, was taken to a city hospital in serious condition.
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The Ministry of Health reminded us that the safest thing to do is to refuse to eat wild mushrooms. Eat those that are grown industrially.
If you suspect that you have been poisoned by mushrooms:
- Call 103 or 112 immediately.
- Rinse the stomach with clean water (drink 1-2 liters of warm boiled water; induce vomiting, repeat the procedure several times until clean water returns instead of stomach contents);
- Take sorbents (activated charcoal) and keep to bed rest.
The Ministry of Health urged not to consume alcohol or any food, as this can accelerate the absorption of toxins into the body.
