Doc dies after eating blowfish
29/05/2007 18:44  - (SA)  

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Perth - A Chinese ship's doctor died in Australia after eating blowfish, a delicacy that can prove fatal if not prepared properly, police said on Tuesday.

Emergency services were called out to an iron ore ship off Dampier on the west coast on Saturday after the 43-year-old doctor suffered paralysis and difficulty breathing.

Nurses tried to resuscitate him on board the ship and on the way to Karratha hospital but he died on Sunday morning, said police spokesperson Chris Hinch.

Police learned through an interpreter that the ship's doctor had shared the blowfish with another crew member on Friday night.

"The other person who had eaten the fish fell ill and made himself vomit," Hinch told the Australian Associated Press.

"There was another gentleman who did CPR on the doctor and fell ill because the doctor had vomited while he was giving him CPR. We bought him to shore as a precautionary measure."

Blowfish contain deadly poison in their organs and in Japan, where they are called fugu and considered a particular delicacy, only licensed cooks with special skills are allowed to prepare them.

- AFP

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