Nepal

Wild mushroom makes five of single family sick

Wild mushroom makes five of single family sick

By Madan Wagle

Mushrooms grow at the Highline Mushrooms farm, Canada's largest mushroom grower, in Leamington, Ontario, Canada, April 14, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

DAMAULI: Five person of a single family were taken ill when they consumed wild mushroom at Madhya Nepal Municipality-11, Lamjung district on Thursday. According to police, the ailing members of the family include Dan Bahadur Thapa (52), his wife Bisara (48), their son Bijay (35), daughter-in-law Nanumaya (30) and granddaughter Alina (10). All the patients are undergoing treatment at the Damauli Hospital. Earlier, the family had eaten the wild mushroom collected from a nearby forest.