Overview
- A municipal medical bulletin on Sunday reported a 64-year-old man was extubated and stable, a 60-year-old remains in an induced coma on ventilation, and a 37-year-old woman is in very grave condition with a brain lesion.
- A fourth patient, a 67-year-old man, was discharged earlier, and a 2-year-old was observed without ingesting the plant.
- First responders said multiple victims suffered cardiorespiratory arrest at the scene and were resuscitated before transfer to Santa Casa de Patrocínio and the UPA.
- The family had recently moved to a rural chácara, harvested the plant on-site, and served it cooked believing it was edible kale, according to the fire department.
- Police opened an inquiry with accidental poisoning as the leading hypothesis, specialists warned there is no home antidote, and experts identified anabazine in Nicotiana glauca as the toxin that can cause respiratory and muscular paralysis.