Lethal mushroom survivor leaves hospital
Ian Wilkinson recovers from poisoning that killed his wife and two other people
A poisonous mushroom survivor has left the hospital where he recovered nearly two months after eating the sprouts that killed three other diners in Australia.
Ian Wilkinson was discharged Friday from Austin hospital in Melbourne, according to his family's statement late Saturday, Agence France-Presse and 9 News reported.
Wilkinson's wife Heather, as well as married couple Don and Gail Patterson — all died after eating the mushroom dubbed as "death cap" during a family lunch on 29 July.
Erin Patterson cooked and served the beef Wellington dish with the mushroom for her estranged parents-in-law, Don and Gail, as well as the Wilkinson couple.
Patterson, who was married to Don and Gail's son Simon but both have been living separately, has been named as a suspect because she appeared to remain in good health despite her four guests falling gravely ill.
She has not been charged and police have provided no evidence of wrongdoing.
Patterson has reportedly said that she unknowingly bought the deadly mushrooms from a grocery store and that the poisonings were accidental.
Death cap mushrooms sprout freely throughout wet, warm parts of Australia and are easily mistaken for edible varieties.
WITH AFP