Department of Forensic Medicine, V.S.S. Medical College, Burla.
*Address For Correspondence: Dr. A. Behera, Qr. No. 4R/7, Doctors Colony, V.S.S. Medical College, Burla Sambalpur, Orissa, 768 017.
Fish is a very common and tasty food and at the same time very nutritious too. There have been many cases of food poisoning after intake of poisonous fishes. Here we report one such case where 8 people got admitted to V.S.S. Medical College Hospital, Burla after consuming some kind of fish developed signs and symptoms of tetrodotoxin food poisoning. Among those 8 patients 2 of them expired.
Food poisoning, Ich thyotoxicosis, Tetrodotoxin, Puffer fish
