A man died after catching salmonella from duck eggs he bought from a village show. A judicial jury on Monday heard on Monday that 65-year-old Niptun Tavacoli had died in hospital two months after falling ill in June 2019.
His wife, Cheryl, told Doncaster Coroner’s Court that the couple bought six eggs from a stand at the Messingham Show in North Lincolnshire during a family day on Sunday, June 2. .
She said: “He fried them and had them toasted bread, fried them really well.
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“He didn’t like too liquid eggs.”
Two days later, Mr. Tavacoli decided to have two more eggs, and his wife remembers saying, “I really liked those duck eggs, I’ll have two more.”
He prepared them in the same way, she told a jury of seven women and four men. On Friday morning, Ms. Tavacoli said she woke up and found that her husband had been ill during the night with diarrhea and vomiting.
She said she was reluctant to travel to Essex due to a recent family loss and that her husband told her he had called an ambulance while she was away. Ms. Tavacoli said he told her that the paramedics had given him advice but had not taken him to hospital.
Dateless family photo provided by Niptoon and Cheryl Tavakoli’s lawyers. (Image: PA)
She said she returned to their home in Lindholm, near Doncaster, the next day, but her husband was still very ill. On Monday morning – more than a week after attending the show – Ms. Tavacoli called 999 again.
She told the hearing that she became very worried about her husband, fearing that he might have developed sepsis. Ms. Tavacoli said she had spots on her body and that her lips and nails were blue.
The same paramedics were present and took him to the Royal Hospital in Doncaster. Mra Tavakoli said she was concerned about the attitude of the crew and that they did not travel in the blue lights.
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She said: “They looked pretty rude to my husband – they treated him like a picky old man who just had a D&V.
“But I was worried it was more serious. He was in a lot of pain.”
Mr Tavacoli’s widow said there was still a wait in the emergency room, but he was eventually taken for treatment after begging the nurses. Intensive care specialist Dr John Maskill said Mr Tavacoli had been seriously ill by the time he was admitted.
He said: “In my experience, this weight of salmonella is unusual.
“It’s not something you see a lot.”
He added: “I have been doing intensive care for 27 years. He is only the second person I have encountered with this degree of salmonella.”
An undated family photo provided by Niptoon Tavakoli’s lawyers. (Image: PA)
Dr Maskil said antibiotics had been used to treat the disease, but it was clear that despite the drugs, it was still in parts of Mr Tavacoli’s body. He said this happens in some severe cases and sometimes an operation is attempted to remove infected parts of the body.
The consultant said that there was no prospect of Mr. Tavacoli surviving surgery and that he died of multiple organ failure caused by salmonella on August 12, 2019. It was then that Ms. Tavacoli realized that duck eggs might be responsible.
She explained that she took the other two to a hospital for analysis and then cleaned her home by throwing away the cooking utensils. She said she “feels like a time bomb is ticking in my house.”
Ms Tawakoli said her husband came to the UK from Iran when he was 19 and trained as a civil engineer, but worked in the retail and catering department before retiring three years ago.
She said, “I’ve never seen him in the shape he was. He was happy.”
“He was enjoying life and waiting for me to join him in his retirement. Lots of plans. “
The investigation is expected to last five days.
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