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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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“Anti-drunkenness serum”. Seems legit.
Where can I get some?
The wives did it
Nothing to be concerned about here. I’m sure the fatality of “anti-drunkness” serum is incredibly low…
Ah the good ole Asian natural cures.
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!
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….
Must have been some cocktail!
feckin water!!
Irish Water perhaps – very expensive water !
Nothing unusual here
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