A 50-YEAR-OLD woman and her daughter in China’s Guangdong province almost died after consuming a giant mushroom foraged from the woods, China Press reported.
It all began on May 15 when Zhou Mouying went into a forest in Heyuan city in search of bamboo leaves to wrap dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival, which takes place this Saturday.
She stumbled upon a giant white mushroom nearly the size of her forearm during her search.
Thinking that it looked like a mushroom she had eaten in the past, she picked up the fungi and took it home to make soup.
That evening, Zhou, her daughter and two grandchildren experienced stomach pain and began vomiting non-stop after consuming the mushroom soup.
They were rushed to hospital where Zhou and her daughter were found to have acute liver and kidney failure.
Both of them were in critical condition for at least 10 days before showing signs of recovery on May 26.
Currently, they need regular blood transfusions and liver treatment.
Zhou’s five-year-old grandson has recovered enough to be discharged while her seven-year-old granddaughter remained warded for observation, but her condition is no longer in danger.
> The importation of vegetables by foreign businesses is threatening the livelihood of local farmers, China Press also reported.
“The cost to grow vegetables here is higher. So, it is hard to compete against those grown abroad,” said Malaysian Vegetable Importers Association chairman Datuk Seri Teh Meng Huat.
For example, he said the wholesale price of cabbage from Bangladesh was 60sen per kilo, but those grown in Cameron Highlands cost RM1.40.
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
