One person has died while 11 others have been treated as outpatients after eating wildroots suspected to be poisonous at Lumwira 1 village in Dedza.

District Health Office Spokesperson Mwai Liabunya has identified the deceased as 5 year old Precious Mike .

According to Village Headman Lumwira 1, hunger situation has worsened in her area a development that is forcing villagers to eat wildroots and maize husks.