Hungarian tourist dies of food poisoning in Thailand

A Hungarian tourist, Tibor went to Pattaya with his fiancé and his friends. They were accommodated in the four-star Jomtien Palm Beach Hotel, where they had an all-you-can-eat dinner. The company suffered food poisoning, and it cost Tibor’s life.

A Hungarian woman who witnessed the case at the hotel told Bors about the incident. She stated that several types of seafood were served, including butterfish. Five people of the company ate from it, and the symptoms appeared right after dinner. The affected tourists had nausea and indigestion, especially Tibor who felt incredibly sick. His fiance alerted the rest of the group at around 2 am about the critical situation. Tibor lost consciousness not much later.

The group was discussing that they should book an earlier return flight, as they were planning to leave the day after this dinner. Other guests of the hotel have eaten from the seafood earlier — including the butterfish — but no complications were reported. Everyone except Tibor survived the night with a simple indigestion.

Witnesses claim that after Tibor passed out, his friends asked the staff of the hotel to call the ambulance. They were shocked to see that it was a taxi that arrived.

Tibor was carried down from the 14th floor. He regained his consciousness on the way down but lost it again by the time they have reached the ground floor. When the taxi arrived, his friends noticed that he got even worse and tried to revive him. The hotel only called the ambulance after that.