Madam Siti Hamidah (left) said she will not shy away from eating the dish. -- ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE
A FAMILY member died from food poisoning three weeks ago while another two had diarrhoea after eating Indian rojak.
But Madam Siti Hamidah, a housewife in her 40s, said she will not shy away from eating the dish.
Her sister, canteen assistant Aminah Samijo, 57, died on April 6 after she was admitted to hospital. She had eaten rojak from a famous Geylang Serai stall.
She was diagnosed with severe gastroenteritis and died from acute renal failure as the infection had affected her kidneys. She had no known medical problems.
'It was just one stall,' said Madam Siti, referring to the contaminated food it sold and which killed two women and left 152 others ill.
'How can we boycott all the other Indian rojak stalls just because this happened?' she told The Sunday Times calmly in her four-room flat in Jurong West on Saturday.
She said her siblings and family have not changed their dining preferences though they now travel elsewhere for Indian food.
She now buys her favourite food - rojak, roti prata and mee goreng - from a market in West Coast.
The family of 14 siblings were close-knit, often visiting one another's homes to chat and share food.
Her only regret was being unable to see Madam Aminah for the last time before she slipped into a coma on April 5.
