Laos methanol poisoning: Brit woman 'went blind' after 'drinking vodka shots at hostel' where 6 died

A British pistillate claimed she mislaid her imaginativeness and became violently sick aft drinking vodka astatine the Nana Backpacker Hostel successful Vang Vieng, Laos wherever six radical person since died

A pistillate has claimed she went unsighted aft drinking vodka shots astatine a backpacker's hostel wherever calamity struck conscionable days later.

One British woman, 28-year-old lawyer Simone White, was among six radical who died aft a suspected methanol poisoning incidental astatine the Nana Backpacker Hostel successful Vang Vieng, Laos past week. The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed her decease connected Thursday.

Five others are presently known to person died aft falling sick astatine the Nana Backpacker Hostel, including 2 Australian teenagers, an American and 2 Danish tourists. The Foreign Office said it was successful interaction with the section authorities regarding the British nationals affected.

Now, a tourer who was astatine the aforesaid hostel conscionable days earlier has claimed she became violently sick aft being fixed 'free vodkas' by barroom unit - and adjacent temporarily mislaid her vision. She spent the days aft the shots going to and from the toilet vomiting portion incapable to see, and by the clip she saw a doc her bosom complaint had reached a unsafe 170 beats per minute.

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'." After a terrifying locomotion to the infirmary assisted by her friends, she was enactment connected a saline drip for 3 hours earlier being discharged.

Police successful Laos person detained the manager and proprietor of the hostel, portion an serviceman astatine Vang Vieng's Tourism Police bureau said a "number of people" had been taken successful for questioning. The radical successful the incidental are believed to person been served drinks tainted with methanol, which is sometimes utilized arsenic a cheaper alternate to ethanol but tin origin terrible poisoning oregon death.

The manager of the Nana Backpacker Hostel, Duong Duc Toan, said unit were told by different guests that the women were unwell aft they failed to cheque retired arsenic planned connected November 13, and they arranged transport to a infirmary for them.

He said the women had joined much than 100 different guests for escaped shots of Lao vodka offered by the hostel 2 days earlier.

It comes aft a second Australian teen became the sixth unfortunate on Friday aft her household confirmed she had died successful a infirmary successful Bangkok. Holly Bowles, 19, had been successful captious information connected beingness enactment pursuing the poisoning successful Laos much than a week ago.