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The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (September 4) investigating a suspected case of food poisoning related to the consumption of wild mushrooms, and urged the public not to collect and eat wild mushrooms from parks or the countryside.
The male patient aged 44 developed gastrointestinal symptoms including abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea about two hours after consuming mushrooms at home today. He was admitted to Pok Oi Hospital for management and is now in stable condition.
Initial investigations revealed that the patient had consumed wild mushrooms picked from the roadside in Yuen Long. The CHP's investigation is ongoing.
"Members of the public should not pick wild mushrooms for consumption as it is difficult to distinguish edible mushroom species from inedible ones," a spokesman for the CHP said.
Ends/Friday, September 4, 2015
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