Toxic booze death toll rises to 8
published : 4 Sep 2024 at 07:58
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
Another person has died after drinking methanol moonshine purchased from stalls in northern Bangkok, lifting the toll to eight with six still in hospital.
The eighth victim was reported pronounced dead about 6.30pm on Monday at a hospital in Saphan Sung district.
Forty-four people fell ill after drinking deadly moonshine made from methanol - a toxic form of alcohol - allegedly supplied by two brothers aged 44 and 46 years.
A 49-year-old woman reportedly bought what she thought was alcohol from the two men, and used it make liquor. She supplied it to many stalls in northern Bangkok selling ya dong.
Public hospitals began admitting victims of the lethal liquor on Aug 22. Since then, the death toll has risen steadily. Health officials closed down stalls selling the toxic booze.
Six victims remained in hospitals on Tuesday. Thirty others have been discharged.
Victims suffered symptoms including fatigue, breathing difficulty, visual impairment, dizziness, nausea and vomiting.
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Vocabulary
- booze: (informal) alcoholic drink - เครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ)
- discharge: to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a court of law - ได้รับอนุญาตให้ออกจาก
- dizziness: feeling as if everything is spinning around you and that you are not able to balance - เวียนศีรษะ
- fatigue: extreme physical tiredness usually because of exertion or illness - ความเหนื่อยล้า
- impairment (noun): something that is wrong with a person so they cannot function or live life normally - การสูญเสียสมรรถภาพ
- lethal: very dangerous and able to kill you - เป็นอันตรายถึงชีวิต
- liquor: strong alcoholic drink - สุราที่ได้จากการกลั่น
- moonshine (noun): a strong alcoholic drink that is produced and sold illegally - เหล้าเถื่อน
- pronounced dead: officially confirmed to have died -
- stall: a large table or a small building that is open at the front, used for selling things (or for giving people information) - รถ หรือแผงขายของ
- toxic: poisonous and harmful to people, animals or the environment - เป็นพิษ
- victim: someone who has been affected by a bad situation, such as a disaster, illness or an accident - เหยื่อผู้เคราะห์ร้าย