Mum of tragic Brit lawyer Simone White, 28, who died after drinking methanol-laced shots in Laos reveals her final text
The distraught mother of Simone White, a victim of methanol poisoning in Laos, has shared the eerie last text that the British attorney sent her.
Last November, six gullible visitors were tragically killed at a hostel bar in Vang Vieng after consuming the same laced shots.
One of the victims, Simone, 28, was taken to the hospital in an almost paralyzed condition and kept on life support for three days.
When Sue learned of her daughter’s dire condition, she embarked on a torturous 16-hour trek from Kent to Laos.
She claimed that after receiving a call from the hospital informing her that Simone required immediate brain surgery, she began to worry that she might pass away.
Sue received the heartbreaking decision to either leave her daughter on life support or not after arriving at the hospital in Laos.
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Due to their religious beliefs, the doctors refused to turn off the machine, but they advised Sue that she could do it herself.
Before making the terrible and “traumatic” decision to turn off the machine, the heartbroken mother claimed she had to remove a tube from her dying daughter’s lips.
According to an inquest, Simone’s official cause of death was determined to be a brain bleed.
Sue has now disclosed that, three months after the terrible incident, she received a text message from her daughter the day before the lethal bullets were taken.
Sue stated during an appearance on Australia’s 60 Minutes news show that the message said: “I’m having the best time, you know, it’s an absolutely fantastic holiday.”
The mother went on: “It was on the Tuesday, most likely early in the evening Laos time, right before this incident happened, and that was the last communication I received from her.
“She’d messaged me as it was all happening but that was the final message I got from her.”
Bethany Clarke, Simone’s close friend, talked of the terrifying night that the innumerable pictures were taken on the same show.
Bethany remarkably survived the vodka poisoning after meeting the lawyer while traveling around Southeast Asia.
According to Bethany, she saw the bartender pour the poisonous cocktails, but she was unaware that something was amiss.
According to her, the buddies woke up the following day feeling extremely drowsy and just somewhat unwell.
She appeared “not that bad, I didn’t think anything bad was going to happen” on 60 Minutes.
However, Bethany recently disclosed that methanol intoxication was the cause of the lethargy.
“You’re essentially paralyzed and physically incapable of moving,” she claimed.
“You can still walk but everything is much, much, much more difficult than it would be ordinarily.”
As their symptoms worsened, Bethany experienced extreme exhaustion, nausea, and even fainting.
Other travelers brought the two to the hospital, where Simone started having convulsions and lost the ability to breathe on her own.
Even though Bethany drank the same quantity of shots as Simone, she has fully recovered.
She claimed that accepting the fact that she lived while Simone died has been challenging.
We’ve just got to try to get through the funeral, Bethany added, and it goes without saying that we want to attempt to raise awareness and ensure that others don’t have to experience this.
“After that, I can begin my own process of attempting to accept everything.
Due to the poisoning, eight Nana Backpackers Hostel staff members were arrested; however, they were all later released.
The hostel has been closed and no charges have been brought in connection with the six deaths.
In the past, claims that methanol was present in drinks were refuted by bartender Toan Van Vanng and hostel manager Duong Duc Toan.
Toan said that 100 people received the free shots and that he purchased the booze from a licensed vendor.
According to the hostel management, he was shot in front of police, and other visitors had not reported feeling sick.
According to a friend, a female employee massaged one of the Danish women’s toes and feet while she was experiencing a seizure, and staff refused to call an ambulance.
After 13 hours of vomiting blood, two Danish friends, Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald, 21, passed away.
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In the catastrophe, two 19-year-old Australian friends, Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, also perished.
When the teenagers did not check out on the morning of November 13, officials became concerned about their status.
Why is methanol so deadly?
According to Sam Blanchard, The Sun’s health correspondent, METHANOL is a highly hazardous form of alcohol that can be found in drinks if it is added by criminals to make them stronger or if it is brewed or distilled improperly.
A single shot of tainted alcohol might be fatal, and 4 milliliters of methanol could be sufficient to cause blindness. The repercussions could be catastrophic.
According to Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology chemist Prof. Oliver Jones, the body changes methanol into formic acid.
An enzyme that is essential to the body’s usage of oxygen to produce energy is inhibited by formic acid.
If it malfunctions, cells are unable to absorb or utilize oxygen from the blood, and when cells begin to die, a shortage of oxygen leads to issues in many organs.
Seizures, lightheadedness, and vomiting are signs of methanol poisoning.
Methanol poisoning appears to be especially harmful to the optic nerve, which increases the risk of either temporary or permanent blindness and even death.
Although fortunately uncommon, methanol poisoning is extremely dangerous and should only be treated in a hospital.
Getting the patient intoxicated with regular alcohol, or ethanol, is an unexpected but crucial treatment for methanol poisoning because it diverts the liver’s attention and prevents it from digesting the methanol.