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The Economic Times
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He baked potato in aluminium foil, and ate it next morning after microwaving. Hours later, he was paralysed, doctor explains why

A routine kitchen shortcut, wrapping a baked potato in foil and leaving it on the counter overnight, turned into a medical emergency that left a man paralysed and fighting for breath in the ICU. The case, shared by Internal Medicine resident Dr. Priyam Bordoloi, has gone viral for exposing a danger most people have never even considered.

The Case That Started It All

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