The Consequences of Eating Contaminated Stinky Tofu: A Shocking Hospitalization Story

2023-08-31 10:47:23

The sisters were hospitalized for stinky tofu. (Picture / Taken from Xiaohongshu)

Cheap and delicious stinky tofu is the first choice for many people. However, a pair of sisters recently suffered from food poisoning and crazy diarrhea following eating stinky tofu from a Malaysian night market. The younger sister was hospitalized for 5 days and 4 nights. After paying the bill, I was even more frightened by the amount.

According to “Sin Chew Net”, the poisoned woman stated through “Little Red Book” that she and her family went to a stinky tofu stall in the night market on the evening of the 10th and bought 2 boxes to eat. The most delicious”. Unexpectedly, abdominal pain and diarrhea started before noon the next day. She had diarrhea 14 times and vomited 3 times that day. It was not until my sister came home from get off work that she was sent to the hospital.

The doctor found that her blood pressure had dropped to 60, and she was treated urgently and sent to the intensive care unit. What the woman didn’t expect was that she was transferred to the general ward two days later, and “my sister was also admitted.” She said that since they were hospitalized due to vibrio and rotavirus respectively, they bought from different stalls. At first, they might not be sure that it was the pot of stinky tofu. Diarrhea, and the other 2 people were hospitalized before it was confirmed that they had food poisoning caused by stinky tofu.

The woman revealed that the food poisoning made her exhausted, and the medical expenses of 14,000 ringgits (approximately NT$96,000) for 5 days and 4 nights also frightened her. Fortunately, only 1,000 ringgits (approx. NT$6871). Many netizens were shocked by her experience, saying “I often buy this place too” and “It’s okay to eat it many times”, but congratulations to the woman for her recovery.

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