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

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Two Aussie women are left fighting for life after methanol poisoning at a Laos hostel
 

Two Aussies on life support in Thai hospitals

By MAX ALDRED FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Two young women from Melbourne are fighting for life in Thailand, suspected of drinking poisoned cocktails which reportedly had shots of 'vodka' while holidaying in Laos.

 

The best friends, both believed to be aged 19, were rushed to hospital from the Laotian capital, Vientiane - near Thailand's northern border - after their drinks were reportedly spiked with methanol. 

 

The young women are believed to have finished school in 2023 and had been travelling Asia during their summer university break.

 

It understood they attended Mentone Girls Grammar and Beaumaris Secondary College in Melbourne's Bayside suburbs.

 

They are both now on life support in separate hospitals in Udon Thani and Bangkok with their parents now making a mercy dash to be at their bedsides.

 

Full story: Daily Mail Online

-- 2024-11-18

 

 

[AnnaBanana]

Innocents abroad.

It seldom ends well when they leave their group tours.

The wrong kind of people often see them coming.

[Briggsy]

I wondered if this was a crude spiking attempt.

[dinsdale]

10 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

I wondered if this was a crude spiking attempt.

More likely methanol from poor distillation.