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Seven tourists in Fiji have been sent to hospital with suspected alcohol poisoning and are reported to be in a critical condition.
They are believed to have been drinking cocktails at the resort’s bar on Saturday night local time and shortly afterwards developed nausea, vomiting and neurological symptoms.
According to local media reports citing the Ministry of Health, four out of seven are Australians between the ages of 18 and 56.
The incident happened a few weeks after the death of six tourists in the Southeast Asian country of Laos due to suspected methanol poisoning.
The tourists in Fiji, who were reportedly staying at a resort on the Coral Coast, were initially taken to Sigatoka Hospital.
They were all later transferred to Lautoka Hospital, Fiji Times reported.
Two Australian families in Fiji are receiving consular assistance, an Australian Foreign Ministry spokesman told the BBC.
