Methanol Cocktails Leave Two Australian Women Critically ill in Thailand

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The young women, from Melbourne, were travelling in Southeast Asia after graduating from school.

By Molly Magennis

It’s understood the girls had been travelling as part of a wider group who had also visited Laos.

Two young Australian women, believed to be about 19 years old, are critically ill after consuming cocktails suspected to be laced with methanol while on holiday in Southeast Asia.

 

The women, who graduated from Beaumaris Secondary College in Melbourne last year, first became ill after drinking the beverage on Friday while staying at a hostel near the border of Thailand and Laos.

One of the women has been flown to a hospital in Bangkok, with her family now by her side.

 

It’s understood the women had been travelling as part of a wider group who had also visited Laos.

 

Methanol is often deliberately added to alcoholic beverages as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, which is the normal alcohol used in alcoholic drinks.

 

Full story: 7NEWS 

-- 2024-11-18

 

 

 

 

 

 

[smedly]

jesus christ, that is shocking, I hope someone is facing charges for this