KOTA BAHARU: A woman fell critically ill after drinking ant poison that she mistook for a syrup drink at Kampung Rambutan Rendang here yesterday, according to her husband.
Self-employed husband Mohd Din Yusof said that his wife, Norhafiza Badli Afendi, started frothing at the mouth at about 11am after apparently having drunk the poison.
He said that he had prepared the green-coloured potion in a drinking glass and put it on a table.
“I went outside for a moment to get the spray pump and did not think my wife would mistake the poison pandan syrup and drink it.
“She could not speak and was shaking,” he added when met at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital emergency ward where his wife was being treated.
With the help of a neighbour, Mohd Din said, he called an ambulance to bring her to hospital.
Mohd Din and Norhafiza Badli, both aged 27, have four children, two of whom were in school at the time of the incident.
Mohd Din said that he bought the poison at the night market.
“I did not mix the poison with water before. I just sprinkled it around the house, but it was not effective. So, this time I decided to mix it with water,” he said. — Bernama