From the Daily Mail: An Italian family’s Christmas celebrations turned into a nightmare after a mother and daughter died following a festive dinner.
Antonella Di Ielsi, 50, and 15-year-old Sara Di Vita passed away within hours of each other over the weekend at Cardarelli hospital in Campobasso, southern Italy.
Investigators suspect the cause of their deaths was food poisoning following a meal the family ate on December 23 in the run up to Christmas.
The menu consisted of mushrooms, fish and seafood, including mussels – dishes traditionally enjoyed around Christmas in the region.
The mother and daughter experienced the same symptoms, including nausea and severe abdominal pain, in the days following the meal.
Sadly, the report explains that the mother and daughter were both prematurely discharged from hospital twice, on December 25 and 26, before returning on Saturday with acute symptoms.
The daughter died at around 10.30pm Saturday evening, while her mother died a few hours later, on Sunday morning.
The father also ate the same dish, and is currently being treated in the intensive care unit at the hospital.
Another daughter, 18, is believed not to have eaten the dish and is ok.
One local resident said the dish is part of the traditional Christmas menu in that area.
Police are testing multiple food samples from the family’s home to try to determine exactly what caused the poisoning.
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