Death from mercury poisoning

(Baonghean.vn) -On May 8, Le Van Huy, son of Le Van Hai in Yen Vinh hamlet, Hung Dong commune, died from drinking a solution containing mercury.

It is known that on the morning of May 8, Mr. Hai and his wife went to work and told their two children to stay home and look after each other. Le Van Huy is 2 years old, his brother Huy is 10 years old. While playing, the children accidentally broke a toothpick jar, which is a type of jar containing a mercury solution decorated in the style of a surfboard on the sea. When the jar broke, Huy drank the solution that flowed out of the toothpick jar. After a while, he fell into a coma and turned purple.

Coming home from work around noon, seeing the child unconscious, the family immediately took him to the emergency room, and he was rushed to Hanoi the same day. However, due to the severe poisoning and the long duration of the poisoning, the child died on the way to Hanoi.

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