Poland: Poisoned Afghan boy dies, brother nonetheless critically in poor health

Doctors at Poland’s important youngsters’s hospital stated Thursday a 5-year-old Afghan boy, just lately evacuated from Kabul, has died and his 6-year-old brother, who has undergone a liver transplant, stays in life-threatening situation after they ate toxic mushrooms.
The boys and their older sister have been hospitalised final week. The household picked and ate extremely toxic loss of life cap mushrooms within the forest across the refugee heart the place they have been staying in Podkowa Lesna, close to Warsaw.
Doctors on the Center for Children’s Health Institute in Warsaw stated the older brother efficiently underwent a liver transplant however that the harm to his mind was important and life-threatening.
The youthful brother was pronounced lifeless. Doctors stated the dad and mom have been on the hospital, beneath psychological care.

The boys’ 17-year-old sister has been launched in good situation. Some different relations have been hospitalised elsewhere however at the moment are recovering.
Poland evacuated the household final month at Britain’s request after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The father had labored for the British.
In a separate incident at a unique heart close to Warsaw, 4 Afghan males have been hospitalised after consuming toxic mushrooms, based on the state Office for Foreigners.
Death cap mushrooms, among the many most toxic on this planet, intently resemble Poland’s well-liked, edible parasol mushroom. (AP)