KLUANG: The 84-year-old man who was in a coma after consuming some pufferfish has passed away.
It was learnt that the man passed away on Saturday (April 8) after being hospitalised for almost a week.
The man had been sent to the intensive care unit (ICU) while his wife passed away on March 25.
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His wife's death was identified as food poisoning with neurological manifestations resulting in respiratory failure and irregular heart rate, possibly due to toxin ingestion.
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She also was laid to rest at the Chamek Chinese cemetery on March 29.
The couple was said to have purchased the fish unknowingly from a fishmonger on March 25 before preparing it for lunch.
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