Wasps belonging to the family vespidae is one of the dangerous hymenopteran when disturbed in its habitat either accidently or purposely. Wasp stings are common, especially in populations living in vicinity to forested areas all over the world. Local signs following stings are common and generally life threatening anaphylaxis may occur, including Kounis syndrome requiring immediate treatment. This case report is of a 67 yr old woman bitten by a swarm of wasps leading to her death due to envenomation and related complications.

The present study was carried out to determine the clinical profile of patients presenting with the history of poisoning admitted to the casualty in a tertiary care hospital.The commonest agents involved in the poisoning were due to pesticides followed by therapeutic drugs, of these majority of cases, involved antiinflammatory, analgesic, anti-histamines followed by Sedatives/ hypnotics; accounted for almost half. Among the pesticides, maximum poisoning was due to organophosphates followed by zinc phosphide. It is important to know the nature of poisoning in order to take appropriate preventive measures. Therefore, the knowledge of the general pattern of poisoning in a particular region will be a useful tool in planning and management/proper treatment of critically ill poisoning cases.