Maureen Rainford, a British social worker, died in Bolivia while participating in an ayahuasca retreat. Her family claims she collapsed shortly after consuming the psychedelic brew and questioned the lack of medical personnel at the remote Amazonian facility.
A British mother has died at a Bolivia n retreat that specializes in the psychedelic drug ayahuasca. Social worker Maureen Rainford booked a ten-day stay last month at the Ayahuasca and San Pedro Pisatahua Retreat, an Amazon commune billed as a wellness and detox retreat. The family of the mum-of-three, who paid £800 for the trip, stressed that she was fit and healthy ahead of the visit.
Her daughter Rochel, 32, was told by a resort official named Eric that Ms Rainford suffered a 'medical emergency' while on site. Others told her that her mother collapsed ten minutes after drinking the ayahuasca and she was complaining of feeling ill as her breathing and heart rate dropped. It is the same drug that Prince Harry admitted to taking to help him cope after the death of his mother Princess Diana. Ayahuasca is a bitter-tasting drink made from the bark of a vine and the leaves of a bush found in the Amazon rainforest that contain N-N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a hallucinogenic. Social worker Maureen Rainford, 54, booked a ten-day stay at the Ayahuasca and San Pedro Pisatahua Retreat, an Amazon commune billed as a wellness and detox retreat. It is the same drug that Prince Harry admitted to taking to help him cope after his mother Princess Diana's death. Her daughter Rochel, 32, was told her that her mother collapsed ten minutes after drinking the ayahuasca. Despite CPR efforts Ms Rainford died an hour after she collapsed with a doctor not arriving until after, the family heard. Rochel told The Sun on Sunday: 'There should be a trained medic on standby when hallucinogenic drugs are being handed out in a remote area. 'Eric tried to insist that she must be cremated in Bolivia as her body would decompose, but I did not want any cover-up.' Ms Rainford's body was returned after Rochel said she contacted the British consulate. A post-mortem confirmed that she suffered a heart attack
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