6 Residents In NTT Poisoned After Consumption Of Pork Meat

A number of residents were treated in the room of one of the health centers due to pork poisoning. BETWEEN

Six residents in South Amanuban District, North Central Timor Regency (TTU) East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province were reportedly poisoned and rushed to the puskesmas after eating pork purchased from their neighbors. "“ They were treated intensively at the Panite Health Center, but were then allowed by doctors to return to their homes because they were healthy," said South Amanuba Police Chief, Ipda Max Tameno when contacted from Kupang, Antara, Monday, May 8. The six residents who were poisoned after eating pork included Ameri Saluk (39), Viktoria Olla (13), Yohanis Panab (54), Imel Olla (3), Apris Tallo (45), and Mirna Kristina Tallo (19). The six people are not from the same village, but from different villages or neighboring villages. The three villages are from Polo Village, three people from Batnum Village, and one from Bena Village. Max added that after undergoing a medical examination by the doctor at the puskesmas, the victims could then return to their respective homes, because the effect of the poison had disappeared. He also said that the incident actually happened on May 2 when Apris Tallo bought two kilograms of pork from Maksi Boimau. After cooking by his son, Apris, then distributing it to other victims who happened to be a close family of Apris. After consuming the pork, the victims did not immediately feel the symptoms. However, it only started to feel on Tuesday, May 3 at around 10:00 WITA with symptoms of dizziness, nausea, vomiting accompanied by fever until 20.00 WITA local time. "The victims were immediately rushed to the nearest Puskesmas for intensive care," he said. Be grateful that the victims did not need to feel the pain for a long time, because in the afternoon they returned to their respective homes. After being investigated, the pork that was consumed was a pig that previously suffered from illness, but it is not yet known what disease.

Therefore, his party reminds people in the area to always be careful about consuming healthy food. This means not consuming sick animals. “ Especially now that there are a lot of animal diseases, ” he said.