Woman dies following ant bite
May 12, 2010 03:15 pm
A bizarre and unfortunate incident where a woman died after
being stung by an ant was reported from Dambulla today. According to the
husband, the woman had been sleeping and a ‘Dala Kadiya’ queen ant (of the Odontomachus simillimus species) had stung
her.
Consequently she
had been admitted to the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
where she died while receiving treatment.
According to
hospital sources two more persons had been admitted to hospital after being
stung by the same species of ants and are still receiving treatment.
Doctors advised the public to be wary of ant bites especially if such bites caused allergic reactions.
