Brit, 28, among 14 rushed to hospital after drinking shots ‘laced with methanol’ on Laos holiday

14 people were taken to the hospital, including a British visitor, after they were allegedly offered tainted beverages.

Orpington, Kent resident Simone White was admitted to the hospital after allegedly receiving a methanol dose while on vacation in Laos, a country in southeast Asia.

On Tuesday night last week, a number of people were allegedly poisoned in Vang Vieng, including the 28-year-old associate lawyer.

According to The Times, two Danish women in their 20s reportedly passed away following the horror.

Twelve other people, the majority of whom were visitors to the Nana Backpacker Hostel, are thought to have been very ill in the meanwhile.

The location of the tainted drinks’ sale is unknown.

Simone was a technology and intellectual property specialist at the Squire Patton Boggs legal company in London.

An urgent warning posted on the Laos Backpacking Facebook page by her friend Bethany Clarke sounded the alarm.

She wrote: Please stay away from all local spirits immediately. We drank free shots from one of the pubs while we were in Vang Vieng.

“Just stay away from them; it’s not worth it. Currently, six of us who shared a drinking location are hospitalized due to methanol poisoning.

Bethany went on to say that she was extremely tired, fainted, felt queasy, and then her liver began to shut down.

She went on: I arrived at the private hospital on schedule, but I had to endure several infusions, medications, and recuperation days.

Duong Duc Toan, the hostel manager, acknowledged that over 100 visitors were given complimentary shots of Lao Tiger vodka blended with Coke Zero and ice.

He claimed that his employees had not interfered with the booze, which came from a licensed distributor.

“Every hostel, hotel, and bar in Vang Vieng is currently being told by the police to stop selling drinks,” he told the Associated Press.

“The police in Vang Vieng and [the capital] Vientiane have already come to the hostel to check the shop [where] we buy the vodka, check the shop [where] we buy the whisky,” Toan told the Australian station ABC.

We definitely don’t do anything incorrectly. I genuinely look after every guest [who] stays at our hotel and hostel.

Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, two 19-year-old vacationers, have also been identified as victims.

The Australian teenagers from Melbourne are still in Thai hospitals.

Bianca and her closest friend Holly were on a fantasy vacation, according to a statement from the Jones family.

They claimed to be ecstatic and to have amazing adventures ahead of them as they traveled across Asia.

We are by Bianca’s bedside, offering prayers for her.

The alleged poisoning is being investigated by Laos police.

Following an incident in Laos, the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office stated: We are in communication with the local authorities and are offering consular assistance to British nationals and their families.

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