Two foreign tourists found dead in heat wave-hit Phuket

[Thaivisa News]

Phuket:- Two foreign tourists were found dead in Phuket, which is being hit by heat wave, late Monday night and Tuesday, police said.

Both apparently suffered from heart failure – one in a bathtub of a hotel room and the other on a bed in an air-conditioned condominium room. Both incidents happened in Patong.

Pol Lt Thawatchai Simai, an interrogator of Krathu police station, said Arif Abdul Khalid Ukaye, 33, was found dead in the bathtub of his room in a Patong hotel at 11:45 pm. He carried a British passport.

Thawatchai and rescuers checked the room and did not find any sign of foul play.

He was found drowned in the bathtub and his body had no sign of injuries. The body was sent to the Patong Hospital for an autopsy.

Ukaye checked in on March 23 and was scheduled to check out on Monday. Hotel staffs waited for him to check out until 11 pm but he did not leave the room. They decided to enter the room and found the body. A doctor said he apparently died a few hours earlier.

In the second case, Thawatchai was alerted at noon Tuesday that another foreign tourist was found dead in a condominium room in Patong.

Thawatchai and other officials rushed to check the room and found the body of Steiner-Speck Monika Helena, 60, a Swiss, on the bed.

She was believed to have died at least six hours earlier. The body was sent to the Patong Hospital for an autopsy.

Helena has been staying at the condominium for a while. She did not answer the knock by a maid so the maid opened the door with a spare key and found the body.

Phuket is being hit by heat wave with 36 Celsius degree of temperature in the morning and about 40 degrees during the day. Police said heat stroke might be a cause of the deaths.

[Costas2008]

In an air-conditioned condominium room, she was found dead caused by heat stroke......................

The British guy found dead in the bathtub, again of heat stroke..

I wish our brilliant police close their mouths and wait for the autopsies before they give us this so professional assumptions..

[fritzzz25]

In an air-conditioned condominium room, she was found dead caused by heat stroke......................

The British guy found dead in the bathtub, again of heat stroke..

I wish our brilliant police close their mouths and wait for the autopsies before they give us this so professional assumptions..

They make these announcements to the pathologist can "confirm" their diagnosis at the scene. You would not want the RTP to "lose face" now would you?

Sort of like that well conducted investigation into the deaths of the Belanger sisters of Quebec who were found dead and determined to have been poisoned with a pesticide......

[Aussieroaming]

Definitely a long stretch

[worgeordie]

Like the 2 Swedes who were said to have died of hypothermia in Chiang Mai

quiet a while ago now,some of the stuff here you could not make up its Amazing.

regards Worgeordie

[Banzai99]

In an air-conditioned condominium room, she was found dead caused by heat stroke......................

The British guy found dead in the bathtub, again of heat stroke..

I wish our brilliant police close their mouths and wait for the autopsies before they give us this so professional assumptions..

I think they need the ThaiVisa investigation Bureau on the case.

[longstebe]

In an air-conditioned condominium room, she was found dead caused by heat stroke......................

The British guy found dead in the bathtub, again of heat stroke..

I wish our brilliant police close their mouths and wait for the autopsies before they give us this so professional assumptions..

I think they need the ThaiVisa investigation Bureau on the case.

I honesty believe some could do a better job.

[Commerce]

Patong Hosp Path Lab is busy this week. So has been Thawatchai. Any connection there?

[Enoon]

In an air-conditioned condominium room, she was found dead caused by heat stroke......................

The British guy found dead in the bathtub, again of heat stroke..

I wish our brilliant police close their mouths and wait for the autopsies before they give us this so professional assumptions..

Quote:

"Phuket is being hit by heat wave with 36 Celsius degree of temperature in the morning and about 40 degrees during the day. Police said heat stroke might be a cause of the deaths."

[bartender100]

Arif Abdul Khalid Ukaye, Welsh i think

[gk10002000]

While sounds a bit unusual, it might not be. They two people may have walked a long time, walked uphill, climbed stairs etc. then turned on the air, drew the bath in an attempt to cool down, but the damage was already done.

[englishoak]

yeesh ~Thai media and Thai police

[Sviss Geez]

In an air-conditioned condominium room, she was found dead caused by heat stroke......................

The British guy found dead in the bathtub, again of heat stroke..

I wish our brilliant police close their mouths and wait for the autopsies before they give us this so professional assumptions..

Many of us wish you would close your so frequently open mouth.

Perhaps the lady was suffering from heatstroke as a result of being exposed to the heat before returning to her condo and was trying to recover in her air-conditioned room?

Why should the police, who may have received opinions from medical teams called to the incidents, not express a possibly informed opinion? if the police didn't say anything you'd be the first (obviously) to be all over them for not giving information about the circumstances of the deaths.

[Sviss Geez]

yeesh ~Thai media and Thai police

Yeesh ~ Thaivisa posters.

[Local Drunk]

yeesh ~Thai media and Thai police

Yeesh ~ Thaivisa posters.

Hey we are not all bad...

[elephant45]

I had heat stroke last year and it slowly crept up on me. I could have easily died at home in the air con room after that, not being able to catch up to what I had lost in fluid due to sickness and a bike ride. So very real possibility.

[MaiChai]

I think i have been mislead by the headline... thus begs the question what has heat hit Phuket got to do two foreigner deaths?

[dcnx]

In an air-conditioned condominium room, she was found dead caused by heat stroke......................

The British guy found dead in the bathtub, again of heat stroke..

I wish our brilliant police close their mouths and wait for the autopsies before they give us this so professional assumptions..

I think they need the ThaiVisa investigation Bureau on the case.

I'd take 5 Western educated TV members over 100 local police or detectives any day of the week.

[Artisi]

In an air-conditioned condominium room, she was found dead caused by heat stroke......................

The British guy found dead in the bathtub, again of heat stroke..

I wish our brilliant police close their mouths and wait for the autopsies before they give us this so professional assumptions..

I think they need the ThaiVisa investigation Bureau on the case.

And why not, the current experts (BIB) are bloody useless, shown to be proven everyday.

[stoneyboy]

The ironic thing is this story was posted a year ago in 2015.

[metisdead]

As noted above, this is a year old topic.

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