A youth who had been on ventilator support at a private hospital in Kochi for suspected food poisoning after consuming shawarma from a restaurant at Mavelipuram in Kakkanad, Kerala, died on October 25 afternoon. The deceased was Rahul D. Nair, 22, of Pala.
He was an employee of a company at the Cochin Special Economic Zone and was staying with friends at Chittethukara.
He ate the shawarma ordered from the restaurant through a food aggregator on October 18. According to his relatives, Rahul developed “health issues” after consuming the dish and had been to several hospitals before being admitted at the private hospital at Kakkanad.
