Report 7 Russian Tourists Hospitalised After Eating Wild Fruit in Thailand

[webfact]

Picture courtesy of Daily News

 

Seven Russian tourists were rushed to hospital after eating unidentified wild fruit in a national park in Thailand's Surat Thani province.

 

The tourists, keen to sample exotic local flora, experienced severe chest pains and vomiting, prompting a swift response from local emergency services in Panom district.

 

On 5th May, emergency services in the Panom district were alerted to an incident involving foreign tourists at Khao Na Nai Luang Dharma Park.

 

The group, travelling from Phuket, reported feeling nauseous after consuming the fruit. The group of seven, comprising five women and two men, exhibited symptoms ranging from chest tightness and vomiting to frothing at the mouth.

 

Four of the tourists were admitted to Panom hospital, with two women kept for observation due to more severe symptoms, including dehydration. Doctors have contacted Mahidol University’s poison centre, sending fruit samples for analysis as the species remains unidentified.

 

Of the remaining tourists, two with milder symptoms were treated and stabilised, while three others experiencing slight symptoms were treated at Ban Takhun hospital.

 

These patients were discharged after receiving medical care, which included stomach pumping and first aid.

 

The tourists were on an excursion from Phuket, visiting the culturally significant Khao Na Nai Luang Dharma Park.

 

The park's terrain predominantly comprises forested hills, where the group reportedly encountered the mysterious fruit. It is suspected that contact with the fruit’s skin might have caused the reaction. Investigations by local health authorities are ongoing to determine the fruit's toxicity.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Daily News 2025-05-06

 

 

[Evil Penevil]

I hope some BM will keep us updated as to what fruit it was and whether the flesh of the fruit is actually poisonous or had been heavily doused with insecticide.  Many times children have been poisoned because they put "ornamental" fruit not meant for consumption into their mouths.

[spidermike007]

Darwin was absolutely correct, it takes a certain amount of survival skills to thrive in this world and to stay safe. Who would go into a tropical jungle and eat an unknown fruit? What kind of a person does something like that? 

 

It defies the imagination. 

[KhunBENQ]

4 hours ago, Evil Penevil said:

I hope some BM will keep us updated as to what fruit it was and whether the flesh of the fruit is actually poisonous or had been heavily doused with insecticide.  Many times children have been poisoned because they put "ornamental" fruit not meant for consumption into their mouths.

Let's hope that insecticides are not the problem in a national park?

[KhunBENQ]

That was not the tree of knowledge.

[Gottfrid]

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Who would go into a tropical jungle and eat an unknown fruit? What kind of a person does something like that? 

7 Russian tourists 😂

[ronster]

So there wasn't a Thai guide telling them not to eat or touch it ??

Or did they have a non Thai guide 😀🤔

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The tourists, keen to sample exotic local flora

Idiots.

[Hakuna Matata]

9 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Who would go into a tropical jungle and eat an unknown fruit?

 

Only those crazy Russians and Ukrainians

[john11k]

Hope they are all ok. 
But 

seven dumbo’s together, eating a fruit that the Thais can’t even identify ,  to me that’s brainless. !!

[factual monk]

Russian roulette in the jungle...