PHUKET: The director of Patong Hospital has confirmed the deaths of three foreigners ''from heatstroke'' on Phuket's west coast in the past 24 hours.
Hospital director Dr Sirichai Silpa-Ar-Cha said the mix of alcohol and excessive heat was probably the cause, although he had not had access to details of the cases.
''People must make sure that they can adjust to the combination of factors on a holiday island.
''The alcohol and the heat make for a deadly combination in the wrong circumstances.''
It's the first time Phuket has recorded heatstroke deaths of this nature. Temperatures have ranged into the 30s and yesterday seemed even hotter than usual on Phuket.
A Russian man, Kiselev Igor, 59, was sent to hospital for medical treatment after he passed out at Karon beach. Medical staff tried for one hour to revive him before he was pronounced dead.
His death was followed by the death of Walter Federick Bell, 62, who passed out at Patong's beach road and later died at the hospital.
Later a Burmese man, aged about 45, was taken from Karon to the hospital after fainting, and was pronounced dead.
Patong Hospital does not have the capacity to perform full autopsies so it's not clear what will be written on the death certificates of the three men.
Hospital director Dr Sirichai Silpa-Ar-Cha said the mix of alcohol and excessive heat was probably the cause, although he had not had access to details of the cases.
''People must make sure that they can adjust to the combination of factors on a holiday island.
''The alcohol and the heat make for a deadly combination in the wrong circumstances.''
It's the first time Phuket has recorded heatstroke deaths of this nature. Temperatures have ranged into the 30s and yesterday seemed even hotter than usual on Phuket.
A Russian man, Kiselev Igor, 59, was sent to hospital for medical treatment after he passed out at Karon beach. Medical staff tried for one hour to revive him before he was pronounced dead.
His death was followed by the death of Walter Federick Bell, 62, who passed out at Patong's beach road and later died at the hospital.
Later a Burmese man, aged about 45, was taken from Karon to the hospital after fainting, and was pronounced dead.
Patong Hospital does not have the capacity to perform full autopsies so it's not clear what will be written on the death certificates of the three men.
"it's not clear what will be written on the death certificates of the three men."
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