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PAGADIAN CITY---Two of 17 people sent to hospital after eating puffer fish, or butete, were kept confined at an Ozamiz City hospital even as the 15 other poisoning victims had been discharged, according to a health official in this city. Brixlyjun Go, diseMan paralyzed, another sent into coma by puffer fish still in hospital
PAGADIAN CITY---Two of 17 people sent to hospital after eating puffer fish, or butete, were kept confined at an Ozamiz City hospital even as the 15 other poisoning victims had been discharged, according to a health official in this city. Brixlyjun Go, disease surveillance officer of the Ozamiz City health office, said the two were kept in hospital because they were the worst hit by the poisoning. They have been identified as Armando Santander Sr., 53, who was unconscious when brought to the Mayor HIlarion Ramiro Sr. Medical Center, and Sabas Mejias, 51, who had been paralyzed by the fish's toxins. The two were already in stable condition but Santander is being kept at the hospit...Keep on reading: Man paralyzed, another sent into coma by puffer fish still in hospital Read more