Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Swine bacteria kills man in northern Vietnam
Last updated: Monday, February 10, 2014 10:00
Tiet canh, or blood pudding, a traditional dish made from raw pig blood considered a delicacy by many Vietnamese. Photo by Ngoc Thang
A man from Thai Binh Province has been killed by a swine bacteria infection after eating tiet canh (blood pudding) after doctors and scientists issued many warnings against the danger posed by the traditional dish made from uncooked pig blood.
According to his family, they slaughtered a ?healthy? pig they bred at home to celebrate Tet, Vietnam?s biggest holiday, on January 28, and made tiet canh with its blood.
One day after eating the dish, the 48-year-old man had high fever, shivers and digestive problems but did not go to the hospital.
The next day, he was exhausted, his blood pressure dropped and he went into shock, prompting his family to bring him to a local health facility, they said.
He was transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases the next morning (Lunar New Year's Day) and died later that day.
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http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20140207-swine-bacteria-kills-man-in-northern-vietnam.aspx
Last updated: Monday, February 10, 2014 10:00
Tiet canh, or blood pudding, a traditional dish made from raw pig blood considered a delicacy by many Vietnamese. Photo by Ngoc Thang
A man from Thai Binh Province has been killed by a swine bacteria infection after eating tiet canh (blood pudding) after doctors and scientists issued many warnings against the danger posed by the traditional dish made from uncooked pig blood.
According to his family, they slaughtered a ?healthy? pig they bred at home to celebrate Tet, Vietnam?s biggest holiday, on January 28, and made tiet canh with its blood.
One day after eating the dish, the 48-year-old man had high fever, shivers and digestive problems but did not go to the hospital.
The next day, he was exhausted, his blood pressure dropped and he went into shock, prompting his family to bring him to a local health facility, they said.
He was transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases the next morning (Lunar New Year's Day) and died later that day.
...
http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20140207-swine-bacteria-kills-man-in-northern-vietnam.aspx