On New Year's Day, six elderly men and women were taken to a hospital with rice cakes stuck in their throats in Tokyo, and two of them died.
The Tokyo Fire Department calls for caution by cutting the mochi into small pieces and chewing them well.
According to the Tokyo Fire Department, on the 1st, there were a series of reports in Tokyo that "rice cakes were clogged in the throat", and as of 4:00 pm, a total of 6 men and women between the ages of 88 and 100 were taken to the hospital. ..
Of these, two women in their 80s died.
Of the two, an 88-year-old woman from Machida City died at the hospital she was transferred to at around 8:30 am when she stuffed rice cakes in her throat while eating ozoni at home.
The Tokyo Fire Department calls on elderly people and children to cut rice cakes into small pieces and chew them well to be careful.
Also, if you get stuck in your throat, if you are conscious, the people around you will support your chest or chin, and then you will hit your back to push it out. I want you to call me.