The post-mortem report of the 22-year-old Pala native who died following suspected food poisoning in October after consuming shawarma from a restaurant at Mavelipuram in Kakkanad has cited the reason for his death as septicaemia, a serious bloodstream infection.
The post-mortem was conducted at the Government Medical College Hospital, Ernakulam. The report has been handed over to the police. It said that a final confirmation on the reason for the youth’s death would come after the results of the chemical analysis of blood samples at the State Forensic Lab in Thiruvananthapuram were available.
Rahul D. Nair, who was an employee with a company in the Cochin Special Economic Zone, had developed “health issues” after consuming the dish and had been to several hospitals before being admitted at a private hospital in Kakkanad. He ate shawarma ordered from the restaurant through a food aggregator on October 18.
