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Deaths due to severe wasp stings raise alarm

By Kang Ruoming in Xi'an and Jin Zhu in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2013-09-27 06:59

Medical experts called for public awareness of the danger of wasps after stings claimed 19 lives within three months in Ankang, Shaanxi province.

Guo Dongyang, a doctor in the nephrology department of the General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region of the PLA, said on Thursday the death rate for people stung by wasps is relatively high in China as many are in remote rural areas and cannot receive timely treatment.

"People being severely stung by wasps may suffer renal failure, liver failure and cardiac injury and may die within one or two hours without timely treatment," he said.

Deaths due to severe wasp stings raise alarm

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