Wild mushroom kills entire family

Five members of a family in far western Argakachi district have died after eating wild mushrooms brought from the jungle. Buddhi Bahadur Thapa, 25, of Haspur VDC-5, Dhakre and his 4 sons and daughters breathed their last after consuming the poisonous mushrooms.

Three of the family died immediately upon eating the mushrooms after cooking it while the remaining two – Buddhi Bahadur and his 13 year old daughter Pushapa Thapa - breathed their last while undergoing treatment at the district hospital Wednesday. nepalnews.co ag Aug 03 07