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Bengaluru: A five-year-old boy died of suspected food poisoning, while his parents are in the intensive care unit of a private hospital after the family consumed stale food. They were admitted to a private hospital after bouts of vomiting on Monday, the police said.
Preliminary police observations revealed that consuming stale food may have caused food poisoning.
A medico-legal notice was sent to the police by the hospital. An official complaint is yet to be filed.
Police identified the deceased as Dheeraj. His parents, Balaraju and Nagalakshmi, are being monitored by the doctors.
According to hospital sources, the family arrived at the hospital at 10 am after reportedly two bouts of vomiting and loose stools. Dheeraj was pronounced dead on arrival.
“Balaraju was reportedly inconsistent in his statements, saying that it was either the cake or some papad the family had eaten the previous night. Prima facie, it appears to be a case of food poisoning,” the source said.
Balaraju and his wife are undergoing treatment in the ‘yellow zone’ in the emergency medical department and are stable and out of danger, according to the source.
Police said they have sent the food samples for testing, and a result is awaited. A formal complaint will be taken from Balaraju when his condition stablises.
Balaraju works as a delivery executive with a food delivery aggregator. Nagalakshmi is a homemaker.