Palapye Man Dies After Eating 'Herbal' Plant

PALAPYE: A man aged 58-year of Lotsane Ward died at Palapye Primary Hospital after allegedly eating a plant he and three others had mistaken for an edible medicinal root. Of the survivors, one is said to be in a critical condition at the hospital while the two others were treated and discharged the same day .

The four, who are employees of a Chinese company that is constructing the Botswana Housing Corporation houses at Extension 7 in Palapye, were said to have taken the said medicine a week ago.

A colleague, Ishmael Nwako, said the four were about to knock off at around 5 pm when the deceased picked a root that was unearthed by an excavator and told the others it was a herbal root that averted bad spells. He said the other, who in a critical condition confirmed knowing the plant and its healing powers. The deceased, he said, cut a piece and chewed as the others followed suit.

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