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Mushroom Poisonings Spike as 2 Die

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Good Morning America by Rob Boudon
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Two elderly women died after a caregiver at their California senior-care facility served them poisonous mushrooms. (ABC NEWS) The accidental deaths of two California women from mushroom poisoning comes at a time of mounting reports of poisoning from wild toadstools across the county, according to a prominent liver specialist. The two elderly women died after a caregiver at their senior care facility inadvertently served them a meal with poison mushrooms picked on the Loomis, Calif. , property. The caregiver and three other residents of Gold Age Villa remain hospitalized, according to WTEN-TV, the ABC News affiliate in Sacramento. Teresa Olesniewicz, 73, died Friday morning, and Barbara Lopes, 86 died Friday night, according to the county coroner. "It looks like a tragic accident," Lt. Mark Reed of the Placer County Sheriff's Department said. Reed told the Sacramento Bee that the caregiver "just didn't know" the mushrooms were poisonous.

People:

Dr. Pierre Gholam

Overall Sentiment: -0.130557

Relevance: 0.902903

SentimentQuote
0.0384914"Clearly, there is something that has changed in my mind that has led to more mushroom poisoning cases," he said. ...
0.0528759"Clearly, there is something that has changed in my mind that has led to more mushroom poisoning cases," he said. "It looks like a nationwide phenomenon."
-0.0345744"I think at this point, it is absolutely critical to spread the word -- especially to folks that picked mushrooms -- that the landscape has changed," Gholam said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0567929
  • Mean: 0.018930966666667
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Lt. Mark Reed

Overall Sentiment: -0.268838

Relevance: 0.369738

SentimentQuote
0.0138726Reed told the Sacramento Bee that the caregiver "just didn't know" ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0138726
  • Mean: 0.0138726
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Teresa Olesniewicz

Overall Sentiment: -0.416017

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Barbara Lopes

Overall Sentiment: -0.482004

Relevance: 0.324038

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StateOrCounty: Calif.

Overall Sentiment: -0.366619

Relevance: 0.452557

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | Appellation | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USState | WineRegionReferences:

City: Loomis

Overall Sentiment: -0.255053

Relevance: 0.354217

City: Sacramento

Overall Sentiment: 0.0407582

Relevance: 0.343726

City: Cleveland

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.308383

Region: Northern California

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.323929

HealthCondition: liver failure

Overall Sentiment: -0.0815485

Relevance: 0.681444

Disambiguation: DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | CauseOfDeath | DiseaseReferences:

HealthCondition: Liver Diseases

Overall Sentiment: 0.0109334

Relevance: 0.459231

HealthCondition: diarrhea

Overall Sentiment: -0.536106

Relevance: 0.443027

Disambiguation: DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | CauseOfDeath | DiseaseCause | RiskFactor | Symptom | DiseaseReferences:

HealthCondition: kidney failure

Overall Sentiment: -0.450463

Relevance: 0.322848

Organization: Placer County Sheriff's Department

Overall Sentiment: -0.146738

Relevance: 0.35181

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