Aluminium phosphide poisoning: a case report

ABSTRACT

This paper reports the case of a family in which three children were presented at Emergency Room [ER] with poisoning after the use of a pesticide at home. Initially, the cases were managed as routine cases of organophosphorus poisoning; however, the death of two children made the health team members realise that the poison's effects were delayed and devastating. Later, the compound was identified as Aluminium Phosphide [ALP], and the life of the last surviving child in the family was saved