A vacation became tragic for eight Indian tourists who were found unconscious in a hotel room in Daman, Nepal. They were flown to a hospital in Kathmandu on Tuesday and declared dead on arrival. They are believed to have died of suffocation due to a gas stove. A group of 15 people from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala had traveled to Nepal for the holidays. They were traveling from Pokhara to catch a flight back to India and stopped at a hotel in Daman in the Makwanpur district of Nepal, where they turned on the gas heater overnight to warm up. The area is located at an altitude of almost 2500 meters above sea level. The resort manager told the Himalayan Times that guests had booked four rooms, but eight of them stayed in one room and the rest in other rooms.
Praveen Krishnan Nair (39) and his wife Saranya (34) died together with their three children, Sreebhadra (9), Aarcha (8) and Abhi Nair (7). While Praveen, originally from Thiruvananthapuram, worked in Dubai, his wife studied to get her master's degree in Kochi.
Praveen's friend Renjith Kumar TB (39), originally from Kozhikode, his wife Indu Renjith (34) and his son Vaishnav Renjith (2) also slept in the same room, according to a press release issued by the district police office, Makwanpur. The three also died. The couple had two children, their son Madhav reportedly slept in a different room and his life was saved.
The deceased was found unconscious inside a closed suite inside the Everest Panorama Resort in Daman. According to the hotel manager, the room in which they were unconscious was closed from the inside. Local police were alerted after the rest of the group in another room had gone to see how they were doing. They were subsequently transferred to Kathmandu. An image of the room shows an external heater that has been used in the room. There have been many cases in the past where people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning. When using a heater in an enclosed space, a gas leak can cause a build-up of carbon monoxide in the room, causing poisoning.
“Prima facie, we believe that the deaths of the 8 people were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning or carbon monoxide asphyxiation. It turned out that the room was poorly ventilated with the doors and windows closed and the heating turned on. There were also 8 people inside the room. Suffocating deaths have also previously occurred in hotels in Kathmandu. Two years ago, two Chinese citizens died of suffocation in a hotel in Kathmandu and 10 years ago we had a case of an Italian couple who died in similar circumstances, "senior pathologist at the forensic department, Dr. Harihar Wosti, told TNM. of the Teaching Hospital.
Currently, doctors await details of the police about the time of death and other documents from the Indian embassy to continue the autopsy.
"We will probably perform an autopsy on Wednesday morning and prepare a report after analyzing the medical history, circumstances, and conditions of the deceased's bodies," he added.
They were transferred to two outlets to the HAMS hospital in Dhumbahari, Kathmandu, where they were declared dead Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, the Indian embassy has released a statement on the deaths. "Our doctor, along with a team member, is in the hospital. Other team members and relatives from India / Dubai are heading to Kathmandu. The contact details of the Mission officials have been shared with family/friends." he said.
Kerala Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has requested the intervention of Foreign Minister S Jaishanakar to provide assistance to the families of the eight Keralita tourists who died in a resort in Nepal.
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