kiwiinasia Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Original article here => http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/4630251/NZ-woman-dies-after-Thai-food-poisoning A Wellington woman's overseas holiday with girlfriends has ended in tragedy, after she died from eating toxic seaweed while in Thailand on Waitangi Day. Sarah Katherine Carter's devastated father today paid tribute to his 23-year-old daughter, saying ''she touched the hearts of everyone she knew''. Sarah and her two female friends were taken ill after eating at a food market in Chiang Mai, on Friday. The trio were taken to hospital with food poisoning, but Sarah and one other friend were particularly badly hit. Richard Carter said he and his wife, Anne, got a call from the Chang Mai Ram Hospital on Friday, saying their daughter was ill. ''We spoke with her about 10pm that night and it appeared to be just bad food poisoning. She appeared withdrawn and not sounding that good but seemed all right. ''And we just said, oh yeah, 'well have a good night's sleep and you should be fine in the morning, you should be all clear'. ''But within an hour of our conversation the thing just spread to her heart and strangled her heart.'' Mr Carter said Sarah's heart was functioning at only 10 per cent ability but she struggled on and survived the night. The next morning her mother flew out to be with their daughter. ''I managed to get a few calls to Sarah in the meantime but she had all this stuff down her throat and she couldn't talk to me. ''She passed away that night, 3.30am Thailand time on Sunday.'' Carter said his wife was in transit at Bangkok Airport when Sarah died and he had to call and tell her the news. ''It's horrible. It's pretty tough, we're struggling through it. ''You have to accept it the best we can, but it's not easy.'' The Carters were expecting their daughter's body to be returned home on Friday and funeral services were being planned in Auckland and Wellington. Mr Carter said Sarah, who was born and bred in Auckland, had graduated from Victoria University in Wellington and had been working for the past year at the accounting firm BDO Spicers. He said the trip to Thailand was Sarah's first proper holiday overseas. ''She'd gone to Australia but this was a proper three-week trip overseas.'' Mr Carter said Sarah was the eldest of three children, with a 19-year-old brother and 17-year-old sister. Sarah's two friends were recovering and expected to be OK. Their parents had also flown over to be with them. Mr Carter said his daughter was a ''very lovely girl''. ''She was probably about the most thoughtful, kind person to other people that you can imagine.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Wow, that is a sad story. Toxic seaweed? Just being curious: what dishes involve seaweed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Toxic seaweed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 apparently, fish eat the toxic algae and then humans the fishes and get food poisoning. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x114804 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajahnlau Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Wow, that is a sad story. Toxic seaweed? Just being curious: what dishes involve seaweed? Sushi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Let's close this thread as another one in running in the Chiang Mai forum. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/440953-nzer-dies-of-food-poisoning-in-chiang-mai/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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