30 students rushed to hospital after eating poisonous Physic seeds

Thu, Jun 18, 2009
The Nation/Asia News Network



CHAIYAPHUM, Thailand - Thirty students here were rushed to a district hospital
at noon after they ate poisonous Physic seeds (Jatropha curcas).

Doctor Manij Chaicharnnarong, director of the Kaengkro Hospital, said 29 of the
students were discharged after doctors performed detoxification aids for them.

One of them, who took over 20 seeds, was admitted for close monitoring. He is
Anuchit Boonso, 11 a fifth grader of the Nong Sala Pachart School in Tambon
Nongsung in Kaengkro district.

The students said they thought the Physic seeds were edible so they had them as
snack during the lunch break.

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