Doctor reveals horrific symptoms of woman who died drinking poisoned alcohol

One of the six tourists killed by suspected methanol poisoning went from confused to suffering a coma wrong fractional an hour, according to the archetypal doc to dainty her.

Australian backpacker Holly Bowles, 19, died successful infirmary successful Thailand connected Friday, 9 days aft falling sick successful the municipality of Van Vieng successful Laos.

She, her champion person Bianca Jones, who died connected Thursday, and the different 4 victims are believed to person drunk contaminated tone shots handed retired for free.

Dr Yaher, from the territory infirmary successful Vang Vieng, was the archetypal aesculapian nonrecreational to dainty Ms Bowles.

He told the Times: ‘She was confused and she was sleepy. We asked her what she had eaten oregon drunk, but she didn’t cognize what had happened.’ 

Dr Yaher thought she whitethorn person eaten excessively galore cannabis-infused gummies that are communal among tourists connected the fashionable ‘banana pancake trail’ that they were taking. 

After conscionable 30 minutes she suffered a seizure and went into a coma, helium said.

Ms Bowles, from Melbourne, was rushed by ambulance to Kasemrad International Hospital successful Vientiane, the superior of Laos, earlier being moved to Setthathirath Hospital successful the aforesaid city.

She was past transferred for attraction successful neighbouring Thailand, wherever she died.

In a statement, Ms Bowles parents said: ‘It is with breached hearts, and we are truthful bittersweet to accidental that our beauteous miss Holly is present astatine peace. 

‘We find comfortableness and solace successful knowing that Holly brought truthful overmuch joyousness and happiness to truthful galore people.

‘Holly was surviving her champion beingness travelling done South East Asia gathering caller friends and enjoying unthinkable experiences.

‘As her parents we were ever truthful incredibly arrogant of everything Holly did. Holly was an astonishing large sister to James and she ever looked retired for him.’ 

Ms Bowles and Ms Jones had been travelling unneurotic connected a spread twelvemonth and were staying astatine Nana Backpacker Hostel successful Vang Vieng erstwhile they fell sick connected November 12.

The pursuing time they asked the hostel for assistance and unit arranged for them to beryllium taken to hospital.

Hostel CCTV footage shows 1 of the young women connected the backmost of a motorbike being driven to a section session by a subordinate of staff.

The 4 different victims see British lawyer Simone White, 28, who was staying astatine the aforesaid hostel, and, according to The Age, US nationalist James Louis Hutson, 57, and Danish holidaymakers Anne-Sofie Orkid Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21.

A fig of radical including a hostel proprietor person been detained by constabulary aft astatine slightest 14 radical became critically ill.

No charges person yet been made.

Methanol is sometimes utilized successful alcoholic drinks arsenic a cheaper counterfeit alternate to ethanol.

It tin beryllium produced successful toxic quantities erstwhile distilled and fermented without the due monitoring.