A six-year-old Afghan boy deported from Kabul who became seriously ill after eating poisonous wild mushrooms in Poland has been transplanted with another liver, Polish Health Minister Adam Niedzielski says.
"It's really a very difficult medical situation. Let's just wait and see what happens," Niedzielski told RMF FM.
The boy and his five-year-old brother are in Warsaw Children's Hospital after they accidentally ate mushrooms last week while staying at an immigration center in a forested area outside the capital.
A five-year-old boy suffered irreversible brain damage and could not have another liver transplant. He is believed to be in a coma.
A 17-year-old Afghan girl, who also ate poisonous mushrooms at the center, is in good health and is in good health, doctors say.
Some media reports say the children ate mushrooms because they were hungry - but the center says all immigrants there receive three meals a day.
Immigrant center staff has been instructed to warn all visitors not to eat wild mushrooms.
Poland has more than 250 species of poisonous mushrooms.
Collecting wild mushrooms in the autumn is a very common occurrence in Poland, and each year many of the country's citizens are hospitalized after consuming poisonous mushrooms.
Poland deported more than 1,000 Afghans who were working with Nato forces in their country.
