A 5-year-old boy in Bengaluru’s Bhuvaneshwari Nagar lost his life after consuming a cake. His parents are in critical condition and are undergoing treatment. The 5-year-old boy, identified as Dheeraj, fell ill after eating the cake at their home.
The boy’s father, Balaraj, works as a Swiggy delivery executive and had brought the cake home after a customer cancelled their order. The family consumed the cake and shortly after began experiencing severe symptoms of illness. Dheeraj couldn’t survive the condition, however, his parents are receiving treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the KIMS Hospital.
According to a report in Indian Express, S Girish, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), said, “Initial observation reveals that the parents had eaten stale food due to which food poisoning could have happened. We will collect the available food items consumed by them and send them for testing.” Officials have launched a full probe into the incident and are working to find more details about what led to the family’s sudden illness.
Food poisoning happens when you eat contaminated food wherein the food is infected with a toxic organism, like a bacterium, fungus, parasite or virus. When you consume such contaminated foods, your body reacts to remove these toxins. It might lead to vomiting, diarrhoea, fever or all of these.
While these are usual symptoms, sometimes, food poisoning might also cause severe illness and complications and turn out to be fatal. Symptoms.
