Urgent warning to all young women travelling in Thailand as teen girls 'fight for lives'

A backpacker has issued a hopeless plea to chap travellers successful Thailand arsenic 2 teenage girls combat for their lives aft a nighttime retired successful the country

Women backpacking successful Thailand person been fixed an urgent informing arsenic 2 teen girls person been near warring for their lives.

The 2 Aussie tourists became earnestly sick aft drinking 'free shots' successful Vang Vieng, a fashionable tourer municipality successful Laos, and it's believed they person methanol poisoning.

And present a tourer has shared a hopeless plea successful a backpacking Facebook group for the area, begging pistillate travellers to debar "all section spirits" arsenic it was suspected they incorporate methanol - a cheaper alternate to ethanol.

Methanol is purposely added to alcoholic drinks successful suspected countries wherever taxes connected ethanol are excessively high. The Methanol Institute explained that conscionable 25-90 milliliters of methanol tin beryllium seen arsenic deadly. One of the girls affected has been taken to Bangkok, wherever they are successful a superior condition.

The 2 victims had been travelling as portion of a bigger radical of astir 10 women who besides visited the tourer area. One of the tourists wrote connected the Facebook page: "Urgent, delight debar each section spirits. Our radical stayed successful Van Vieng and we drank escaped shots offered by 1 of the bars. Just debar them arsenic truthful not worthy it. 6 of america who drank from the spot are successful hospital currently with methanol poisoning."

The station added: "Personally I was very fatigued and past fainted. I conscionable felt nauseous and past my liver started to unopen down. I got to the backstage infirmary successful clip but underwent galore infusions and tablets and days of recovery."

According to Melbourne vigor presumption 3AW Drive, 1 of the young women had been flown to a infirmary successful Bangkok, and her begetter said she was successful a "grave" condition. A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told News AU: "The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to 2 Australians and their families successful Thailand. Our thoughts are with them astatine this profoundly distressing time. Owing to our privateness obligations, we are incapable to supply further comments."

The 2 girls, believed to beryllium 19, graduated from Melbourne's Beaumaris Secondary College past twelvemonth and were connected their imagination backpacking travel erstwhile calamity struck. Back successful August this year, six radical died successful the Thai capital, Bangkok, portion a further 31 were hospitalised aft drinking a herbal liquor spiked with methanol.

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