- 50 people have been hositalised in South Africa after eating a cow killed by a snake
- The patients are said to have experienced diarrhoea, vomiting, headaches and stomach cramps
- The country has urged people to stop
consuming meat from dead animals
Over 50 people were rushed to various
hospitals in South Africa after eating
meat from a cow that had reportedly
died from a snake bite.
The incident happened at Mpoza village
outside Tsolo in the Eastern Cape
Province.
The province’s department of health
spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, said the
patients confirmed they had eaten the
meat from the carcass of an animal that
had died after being bitten by a snake.
He said the patients experienced
diarrhoea, vomiting, headaches and
stomach cramps, according to a report by News24.com.
Among those who were ill were 16
children, eight of whom had been
transferred to the Nelson Mandela
Academic Hospital’s paediatric ward,
while the others were treated at Mthatha
Regional Hospital.
Kupelo said four elderly patients were
also transferred to Nelson Mandela
Academic Hospital for further treatment.
Kupelo said the department was urging
communities to stop consuming meat
from dead animals as it was dangerous to do so.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that
the Nigerian community in South Africa
has confirmed that two of its members
were killed by a early on Saturday,
February 3 by of them.
Emeka Ezinteje, the secretary of the
Nigerian Union in South Africa, told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the
telephone from Johannesburg, South
Africa, that the incident happened as a
result of a business dispute.
“We have received a report that at
3.00am on Saturday, Ekweghiariri Chidi
Isacc, 34, a native of Ehime in Isiala
Mbano local government of Imo and
Nzechukwu Alabuche, 35, from Azia in
Anambra were stabbed to death by one
Sunday from Awgbu in Anambra.
“The incident occurred at Rossetinville,
South of Johannesburg.
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