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Chief urges public to take care of elderly after woman's accidental death

AWEIL (27 Nov.)

The paramount chief of Ajak section in Aweil South County Sultan Ayom Akol
Wek Ateny has urged the general public to take good care of elderly people
following the apparently accidental death of an old woman last week.

According to the chief, the death occurred after an old woman grabbed a
ball of groundnut from another woman and tried to swallow it but choked on
it instead. The incident took place at Malek Alel market last week.

“What happened last week was something surprising everybody because a drunk
old woman came in the market and grabbed a ball of groundnut from another
woman and she put it into her mouth trying to swallowed it but
unfortunately it stopped in her throat without down the stomach and the
woman just died like that. So her body was taken to Aweil and the doctor
has confirmed that she died of the groundnut because it had blocked her
pipe from breathing," explained Ayom.“Therefore, care must be taken on
oldest people including people with mental problems so that unacceptable
deaths like will happen in the near future," Ayom added.

He pointed out that nobody has been arrested and the body of the victim was
buried after a doctor's confirmation.

File photo: An elderly woman in Upper Nile, South Sudan

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