A 36-year old man, Chisinau resident, choked to death on a nut. According to Chisinau Emergency Doctor Coordinator Eufalia Negreata, the casualty happened on Inculet Street, at 12.00 pm. The man choked on a nut he was eating. On arrival of the ambulance doctors the man was dead. Doctor Negreata says such cases have become more frequent lately. To prevent a person die from choking, a helper should get behind the choking person and give a certain kind of quick squeeze just under the person's ribcage. This squeeze sends a quick, powerful burst of air from the person's lungs upward, dislodging the problem food or object and often sending it flying out of the person's mouth. According to the same source, a cigarette smoked in bed by a 45-year old inebriated man ended in a fire, in which the man, residing on Tudor Vladimirescu street, received third- and fourth-degree burns to arms and legs. A 17-year old minor was taken to hospital after being stabbed in the leg by his own father. Police are handling the case. A 10-year old minor, unidentified for the time being, was found intoxicated. After the doctors from the Mother and Child Health Centre gave him first aid, the boy was taken to the Care Centre. The Chisinau Emergency Service registered Monday 804 calls, including 75 cases of severe virosis, 66 cases of trauma and 6 brain ictuses.