Slår giftalarm i thailandsk ferieparadis - VG Nett om Thailand
<<<<<<I have translated the latest news from the Norwegian newspaper VG . (Sorry about any misspellings)
Within a few hours a Norwegian woman (22) and an American woman (26)died during a stay at Phi Phi Islands in Thailand. Both the police and doctors believe they are poisoned by food.
The 22- year old friend of the Norwegian was sick and sent to the hospital on the mainland. She survived and are recovering well.
The two Norwegian women both studied in Sydney Australia, and was only in Thailand for a short holiday before they were to return to Norway. The Norwegian died Monday night after being acutely ill.
The Thai newspaper Andaman Times announces today that an American female tourist died suddenly on Sunday - hours before the two women were sick.
We also know that a Norwegian (46) died in Phi Phi Islands for about a month ago.
[Autopsy report not forthcoming]
He was on honeymoon when he was suddenly ill. Also he may have been poisoned.
The Krabi police told VG that they suspected the two women died of poisoning through food. They have received this information from the doctors who examined them.
- The Norwegian women were out on a restaurant and had dinner just before they got sick. The woman who died had pasta, while her friend had spaghetti, " police investigator Phusunpiae told VG .
The tourist police told VG that the 26 year old American woman had a hamburger just before she got sick.
The police can neither deny or confirm whether the three ate at the same restaurant, but confirms that both the American couple and the Norwegians lived in the same hotel.
- The only thing I currently know is that the two Norwegian girls ate at the restaurant on the island, and that the American woman also did , "said the police investigator.
The two Norwegian women, according to the police went to a disco after the dinner. The whole night they throw up, and was sent to the hospital on the mainland. Shortly after the 22-year-old died.
This is similar to what happened the hours before the American woman died.
- She throw up and finally lost consciousness. When her fiancé came to the clinic, she was already dead, "says spokesperson for the tourist police in Krabi.
To Andaman Times the fiancé of the 26-year-old said she had symptoms of a mild foodpoisening, and that she returned to the room to lay down. When he came back after eating lunch and surfing the Internet, the woman was in such bad shape that he knew that something was seriously wrong. He had to carry her to the clinic, but before they arrived she was dead.
The dead women are transported to a hospital in Bangkok for the autopsy, and police are now waiting for the autopsy report to determine a cause of the death.
The police say that they do not want to speculate whether they are exposed to a crime, but that this is something they will investigate.
The hospital where the Norwegian survivor is says that she was in a serious condition when she was arrived, but that she now is in a good shape.
The death of the 46-year-old Norwegian man a month ago was not natural, and they have asked for an autopsy. From the Norwegian enbassy - We can confirm that a 46-year-old died on Phi Phi in April, but we are awaiting the autopsy report. Depending on the result the police will decide if the death should be investigated, "said press spokesman Anders Correct.
Spokesperson Anders says that they are familiar with the death of the American woman, but that they can not make any connections so far, and that they have to rely on investigation from the local police
Phi Phi Island is a popular destination off the west coast of Thailand. There’s a lot of Norwegians with families that visit the island, and backpackers .