Tamil Nadu: Siddha doctor, 3 patients die after consuming herbal medicine for diabetes

Three patients and a Siddha doctor died in Tenkasi of Tamil Nadu after they consumed herbs meant to cure diabetes.

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In Short

  • Three men and a siddha doctor died after consuming herbs.
  • The herbs were reportedly meant to cure diabetes.
  • Sources from the hospital said that the herbs may have triggered a heart attack.

Three men and a Sidha doctor ended up dead after consuming herbs to cure diabetes at Tenkasi of Tamil Nadu.

Muthupandi, age 54 was a well known Sidha practitioner from Tenkasi and his clinic was fequented with patients believing he could cure many diseases.

Irulandi, age 40, Balasubramaniam, age 30 and Soundarapandian, all from Alagapuri age 40 visited Muthupandi's clinic seeking treatment for diabetes and other conditions related to it.

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Muthupandi gave them a herbal tonic and asked them to take it saying it was the medicine.

But within a few minutes the patients began to vomit and lost consciousness. Muthupandi said that there was nothing wrong with the medicine and to prove, he consumed it as well. But unfortunately he fell unconscious as well.

They were rushed to Tenkasi government hospital. Doctors pronounced three of them were brought dead.

Hospital sources claim that the herbal tonic must have had a cardiac arrester the victims' had symptoms of vomit followed by cardiac arrest.

The state is facing a high number of deaths of patients treated by unqualified medical practitioners, especially in rural areas.

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