I went BLIND after drinking ‘methanol-laced booze’ in Laos death hostel just days before 6 died, says Brit backpacker

A BRIT backpacker who drank 2 shots of intoxicant astatine a hostel successful Laos has told however she went unsighted aft consuming the suspected methanol-tainted booze.

The unnamed tourer was fixed "free vodka" astatine the Nana Backpacker Hostel - wherever two teens who person since died from suspected methanol poisoning were besides fixed escaped shots.

She rapidly became horrifically sick - experiencing impermanent blindness, vomiting for an full time and struggling to breath.

She told The Herald Sun: "I conscionable thought I was hungover, I spent the time going betwixt my country and the toilet, conscionable vomiting.

"I had my eyes closed erstwhile I was walking to the toilet due to the fact that I couldn't see. I called my fellow and helium said 'please get immoderate help, spell to the hospital'."

Her horrific acquisition came conscionable days earlier six radical - including a British lawyer - died aft suspected methanol poisoning successful Laos.

The backpacker had the escaped shots conscionable earlier 3pm - earlier heading retired with friends for a stream tubing experience.

She aboriginal couldn't retrieve immoderate of the lawsuit - with 3 radical successful her radical of 15 besides falling ill.

Doctors had to enactment her connected a saline drip for hours aft she made it to the infirmary with a heart-rate doubly the mean speed.

The holidaymaker told however she had met immoderate of the six travellers who died - saying she feels "so bittersweet for Holly, Bianca, and their families."

"I conscionable consciousness unspeakable for them," she added.

Melbourne teens Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, some 19, were connected their imagination travel unneurotic aft having saved up for a post-school adventure.

They were staying astatine the aforesaid Nana hostel successful Vang Vieng, Laos, and were among immoderate "100 guests" offered escaped vodka shots by absorption past week.

The pursuing day, erstwhile they failed to cheque out, hostel guests alerted unit to their conditions.

According to reports, Holly was taken to a infirmary successful Laos superior Vientiane, and Bianca sent to Bangkok Hospital successful Thailand wherever she was enactment connected beingness support.

Bianca died connected Thursday November 21 and Holly died the pursuing day, with their families confirming the tragic quality aft flying retired to beryllium by their bedsides.

Simone White, a 28-year-old lawyer, from Kent, besides died from the suspected wide poisoning.

It is not wide wherever she consumed the allegedly tainted intoxicant - but some her and her person Bethany Clarke were taken to hospital.

Bethany posted a chilling connection to the Laos Backpacking Facebook radical past week aft the brace fell ill.

She said: "Urgent — delight debar each section spirits.

"Our radical stayed successful Vang Vieng and we drank escaped shots offered by 1 of the bars.

"Just debar them arsenic truthful not worthy it. Six of america who drank from the aforesaid spot are successful infirmary presently with methanol poisoning."

Two unnamed Danish women successful their 20s and an American antheral successful his 50s has besides died.

Police person launched a probe and are questioning unit astatine the hostel successful an effort to unravel the tragic lawsuit which has claimed six lives.

It is not wide wherever the allegedly methanol-spiked drinks were consumed - oregon precisely however galore unwell tourists stay successful hospital.

The hostel confirmed to AP that the manager and proprietor had been held by constabulary for questioning - though nary charges person yet been filed.

Hostel manager and bartender Duong Duc Toan antecedently denied that immoderate drinks served determination could person made the holidaymakers ill.

The Laos authorities has publically spoken astir the tragic incidental for the archetypal clip connected Saturday.

It said officials are "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of the overseas tourists.

The authorities besides vowed to get to the bottommost of the lawsuit - with an probe underway - and offered condolences to the families of those who person died.