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Doctor dies taking preservative solution

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Press Trust of India Aizawl
A doctor died today after mistakenly drinking a solution meant for injection to preserve the body of his grandmother for burial, hospital sources said.

Dr Innocent Chawnghmingmawia died at 5:30 AM in the Aizawl Hospital and Research Centre after mistakenly drinking a solution (Formalin) from a bottle kept near the body of his 105-year-old grandmother Elizabeth Suakzingi who died at 10 PM last night, they said.

The 47-year-old doctor was rushed to the hospital where he died.

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First Published: Apr 10 2013 | 11:55 AM IST

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