Fifth of a family dies of food poisoning

HYDERABAD:

The death toll from food poisoning in a village in Hyderabad increased to five with a four-year-old child succumbing on Saturday. Samina, daughter of Shabbir Khaskheli, died during treatment at Liaquat University Hospital where two more women of the Khaskheli family are admitted. The family consumed a poisonous substance in their dinner on September 15. Following this, Photto Khaskheli, 55, his sons, Ayaz and Nisar, and daughter Nida Khaskheli died earlier this week.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 21^st, 2020