11 hospitalized in Pennsylvania after eating wild mushrooms
Eleven people were hospitalized after they ate wild and apparently toxic mushrooms last week, a fire agency that serves Pennsylvania Dutch Country said.
Eleven people were hospitalized after they ate wild and apparently toxic mushrooms last week, a fire agency that serves Pennsylvania Dutch Country said.
The patients in Peach Bottom Township were a man, a woman and nine children who were treated at a hospital and released, according to NBC affiliate WGAL of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The township is in Dutch Country, which overlaps with Amish Country and shares culture and history, about 80 miles west of Philadelphia on Pennsylvania’s border with Maryland.
The station reported that family members foraged wild mushrooms and ate them Friday night.
WGAL reported that a family member had to walk a half-mile to find a public phone to dial 911. The Amish generally disallow cellphones and other contemporary devices and technology.
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