Helper found 28-year-old woman, her four-year-old son and the woman’s 31-year-old male friend unconscious in city centre flat; gas leak believed to be coming from water heater.
carbon monoxide poisoning
Fifty-seven-year-old male taken to Kiang Wu Hospital for emergency treatment; Health Bureau urges people to use high quality gas appliances and install alarms.
An 87-year-old mother and her 58-year-old son were hospitalised due to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in Rua do Bairro Va Tai on Sunday.
15-year-old girl and 32-year-old woman suffered accidental carbon monoxide poisoning on separate occasions, one on Sunday and one on New Year’s Day.
