Melbourne teens on life support didn't leave dorm for 24 hours after suspected methanol poisoning and a night out of drinking in Vang Vieng, Laos.
The father of a young woman who died after consuming a 'drink laced with methanol' spoke about his heartbreak just hours before her death.
Her heartbroken father Sean Bowles stayed at her bedside throughout her ten-day fight for life after she was left in a critical condition on life support. Australian Holly Bowles , 19, passed away at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, after spending 10 days on life support The latest advice states: 'Both male and female tourists have reported having their drink or food spiked with drugs and in some cases been assaulted.'Be cautious about accepting drinks from strangers at bars, clubs, restaurants and parties.'
Ms Bowles died just a day after her close friend, with whom she was on the holiday of a lifetime backpacking through Asia. But he denied it was his vodka made the girls sick, insisting alcohol was bought from legitimate sellers and even drank from a bottle to 'prove it was safe'. Experts say the alcohol initially causes similar symptoms to drunkenness before more serious symptoms kick in between eight and 18 hours after consumption.
Hostel CCTV shows one of the girls being transported to hospital, before they were sent across the border to Thailand, on the back of a moped. 'By their deeds and involvement in the girls' and women's football programs, both Holly and Bianca have become cherished and highly respected members of the Beaumaris Sharks family,' the club said.
It says travellers are warned against consuming replica alcohol brands that may contain hidden amounts of methanol. Tourists kayaking in the party town of Vang Vieng in Laos where five people have died from alleged methanol poisoningThe British national who died on Thursday, was an associate lawyer based in London specialising in intellectual property and technology at American law firm Squire Patton Boggs.
Ms Clarke added that she became 'very fatigued and then fainted, then just felt nauseous and then my liver started to shut down' after drinking contaminated alcohol. Asked about media reports, Denmark's Foreign Ministry said that 'two Danish citizens have passed away in Laos' but that it could not provide specifics for 'reasons of confidentiality in personal matters.' Heartbreaking CCTV footage shows a Laos 'poisoning' victim being transported to hospital
WhatsApp messages showed the pair then left the hostel and travelled 950m to the beachfront bar, which offers free spirits and has a hard copy 'drug menu', offering patrons opium, ecstasy and ketamine. WhatsApp messages show Ms Jones and Ms Bowles visited Jaidee's Bar, around a kilometre from the hostel where they were staying
Vang Vieng is a tourist town particularly popular among backpackers seeking partying and adventure sports. Vang Vieng in particular has become known as a gap year party town for teenagers and twenty-somethings seeking hedonism and adrenalin sports. Enterprising bar owners set up rope swings, makeshift zip lines and rickety water slides for gap year revellers to play on and threw ropes to the 'tubers' so they could be pulled in for drinks or 'happy' milkshakes laced with hallucinogens.
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