Laos, methanol poisoning

Breakthrough after suspected source of poisoning that killed Brit in Laos revealed
Police have arrested the owner of a factory in Laos thought to be the source of the methanol poisoning that killed six tourists – including a British woman. The plant, outside the capital Vientiane is believed to have made the Tiger Vodka and Tiger Whiskey that they drank in the popular backpacker town of Vang Vieng.
‘I knew she was going to die,’ says mother of lawyer killed in Laos poisoning after call from daughter’s friend
The following day, she received a phone call from her daughter’s friend, who told her to travel out to Laos as Simone’s condition had worsened. Simone was given two blood transfusions as well as having brain surgery as doctors attempted to save her life.
‘I knew my daughter was going to die’, says mother of lawyer killed by methanol poisoning in Laos
The mother of a British lawyer who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has described her race from the UK to be by her daughter’s side as she underwent brain surgery.
Heartbroken mum of Brit lawyer poisoned in Laos had 'mother's intuition' in phone call
Sue White, 61, says she had a 'mother's intuition' that her daughter Simone White, 28, was going to die after she was left critically ill from drinking contaminated vodka at a backpackers' hostel
Mom of UK lawyer opens up about daughter’s nightmarish final moments after mass poisoning in Laos
Simone White’s mum has spoken publicly for the first time after her daughter died in Laos from a suspected mass methanol poisoning.
Poisoned British lawyer’s mother made 16-hour journey to be at her bedside
The mother of a British lawyer who died after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol in Laos has revealed the “horrendous” 16-hour journey she made to be at her bedside. Simone White, 28, from Orpington,
LBC2h
Factory owner arrested in breakthrough in Laos mass methanol poisoning that left six backpackers dead
A factory owner has been arrested by police in a major breakthrough in the mass methanol poisoning in Laos that left six ...
Deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over the Laotian backpacker town
Details have been murky over the number of tourists affected and the possible source of the methanol-laced drinks.
Doctors reveal surprising treatment for methanol poisoning — in wake of 6 tourists’ deaths in Laos
Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...
Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos backpacker town at center of suspected methanol poisonings
The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in ...
Vang Vieng: Laos party town stops serving shots after six tourists killed by 'methanol poisoning'
Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in ...
Laos bans ‘Tiger’ vodka and whisky brand after suspected methanol poisoning deaths
Authorities in Laos have reportedly banned the sale and consumption of a vodka and whisky brand after six tourists died from ...
The Independent9d
What is methanol, symptoms of methanol poisoning and how can tourists avoid it after Laos deaths?
New Zealand’s foreign ministry said one of its citizens was sickened in Laos and was a possible victim of methanol poisoning. An officer at Vang Vieng’s Tourism Police office, who refused to ...
Vang Vieng methanol poisonings: Laos government breaks silence on party town tourist deaths
Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...
KTTV9d
American tourist among those killed in mass alcohol poisoning in Laos
An American man was among at least six tourists who were killed in a mass alcohol poisoning case in a popular tourist town in ...
Deleted reviews show backpackers tried to warn others about hostel at the centre of methanol poisoning scandal
In the days after backpackers in Laos began falling violently ill due to suspected methanol poisoning, travellers tried ...