Groundnut brings death to infant

19 August 2012 04:12 am - 3 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

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An eleven month old infant of Karuwalagawewa died of suffocation allegedly when the outer covering of a groundnut stuck in his throat. The victim identified as Kaveesha Anupama was admitted to the Thabbowa hospital and later transferred in a critical condition to the Puttalam hospital where he died.

The postmortem examination is to be held this morning. (Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe)

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Fain1 Sunday, 19 August 2012 05:09 AM

RIP

Nitpicker Sunday, 19 August 2012 12:44 PM

Someone was foolish or worse to give that child a peanut.

Abilashan Monday, 20 August 2012 05:07 AM

This is really nonsense, its not the problem with groundnuts, its because of some careless nuts around the infant.

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