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North Korean doctors die after wives inject them with 'anti-drunkenness serum'

The men had been drinking cocktails throughout the evening.

TWO NORTH KOREAN doctors have reportedly died of drunkeness after their wives injected them with an unknown substance to counteract the effects of the alcohol.

The Phnom Penh Post reports that the two men drank numerous cocktails at their home in Cambodia that caused them to develop a “very high temperature”.

The paper quotes a local police chief who says that police arrived at the house and found 14 North Korean nationals there, including the deceased men and their wives.

It’s believed those present had been eating and drinking for the evening.

An autopsy report concluded that both men died of a heart attack with alcohol cited as the cause.

Police chief Khan Khun Tith quoted one of the wives, also a doctor, as saying:

After arriving home, we [the wives] checked their conditions, and their temperature had reached 40 degrees Celsius, and their heartbeat was abnormal and their pulses abnormally weak.So we tried to save them by injecting medicine and serum to weaken the intoxication, but an hour later, they had a heart attack and died.

Police say that the deaths were reported to the North Korean embassy before they were informed.

The report goes on to say that police were at first suspicious of scratches on one of the  victim’s chest, but accepted that he had clawed at himself due to the pain of the heart attack.

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    Mute Joanna
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    Jan 4th 2016, 3:58 PM

    “Anti-drunkenness serum”. Seems legit.

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    Mute Thomas Murphy
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    Jan 4th 2016, 7:26 PM

    Where can I get some?

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    Mute Mark Gerard Lochlain
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    Jan 4th 2016, 4:00 PM

    The wives did it

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    Mute Niall Lonergan
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    Jan 4th 2016, 4:04 PM

    Nothing to be concerned about here. I’m sure the fatality of “anti-drunkness” serum is incredibly low…

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    Mute Paul Mc Manus
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    Jan 4th 2016, 3:54 PM

    Ah the good ole Asian natural cures.

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    Mute SickOfCorruption
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    Jan 4th 2016, 4:27 PM

    Once I went looking for a doctor in phnom Penn. Quacks, repeat quacks, chose to fly out instead of taking any of the medication offered!

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    Mute Rasputin
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    Jan 4th 2016, 4:50 PM

    There’s always the Calmette but only if you fancy having Tiger Balm applied to something like a broken leg. Most of the forgein doctors “practicing” in Cambo have been struck off back home. You could have chanced the Royal Ankor but as you were probably a tourist you probably did the right thing in getting out. The secret to getting “good” medical attention there is to track down one of the doctors from Doctors without Borders, make a donation to whatever project they’re involved in, get a diagnosis and buy whatever you need from the chemist. Only works for ‘minor’ things like dengue, malaria or parasites though.Id hate to get the likes of acute appendicitis or anything involving emergency surgery there and not have evac insurance….

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    Mute Eoin Fleming
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    Jan 4th 2016, 3:58 PM

    Must have been some cocktail!

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    Jan 4th 2016, 7:28 PM

    feckin water!!

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    Mute James Delaney
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    Jan 5th 2016, 9:49 AM

    Irish Water perhaps – very expensive water !

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    Mute Tony Henry
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    Jan 4th 2016, 5:30 PM

    Nothing unusual here

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