A baby boy has been rushed to hospital with organo-phosphate poisoning.
One-year-old Sivuyile Mabandla of Philippi is in a stable condition in the Red Cross Children's Hospital intensive care unit.
Phosphates are used in pesticides and are harmful to humans.
Wilfred Solomons, Cape Town's disaster risk management spokesperson, said Sivuyile's creche and home would be checked for contamination.
An Atlantis farm worker had to be airlifted to Groote Schuur Hospital on Wednesday after a tractor fell on him.
Metro Rescue spokesperson Paul Charles Thomas said the man had multiple fractures to his pelvis and legs.
The rescue helicopter had to be diverted from Tygerberg Hospital to Groote Schuur because of heavy fog. - Staff Reporter
- This article was originally published on page 1 of Cape Argus on September 14, 2005
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