Mangaluru: A teenager hailing from Chikkamagalur lost her life after she reportedly consumed body spray.
On November 13, the 19-year-old dressed up for an outing. After spraying deodorant on her body, she pumped it into her mouth thinking it would freshen her breath. In sometime, the spray reached her stomach and she complained of acute stomach ache.
Worried parents rushed her to the Chikkamagaluru district hospital. From there, she was shifted to a private hospital. As the treatment was not effective, she was admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru. However, she did not respond to the treatment and died on Monday, November 16.
The doctors in Mangaluru said that the toxic spray had mixed with the blood and had reached her heart and that she could have been saved had she been admitted sooner.