Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers
Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country.
Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...
Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...
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Methanol and inaccessible medical care – a lethal combinationFacing methanol poisoning in a place like Laos means hurdles to getting help, including accessing health care in time The post Methanol and inaccessible medical care – a lethal combination appeared ...
T he death of six tourists visiting Laos is suspected to be the result of mass methanol poisoning, after all are believed to ...
Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in ...
The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.
Police in Laos have arrested eight people over the suspected mass methanol poisoning which killed six foreign tourists in ...
Bianca Jones, 19, from Australia, was confirmed to have died on Thursday by her family, hours after U.S. officials announced the death of an American man, and days after Danish authorities confirmed ...
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The problem with methanol poisoning is that it looks very much like alcohol poisoning. And delays in treatment can be fatal.
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia says he received an order from the president to develop the ethanol ...
A week ago their parents had rushed to the hospital bedsides of their ailing daughters in Thailand, after they fell violently ...
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