Methanol poisoning up in Việt Nam
The number of methanol poisoning cases has surged over the past three months compared with previous years, according to information presented at a workshop Monday in Hà Nội on the effect of alcohol abuse and the treatment of methanol poisoning. Addressing the event sponsored by the Việt Nam Food Administration, Nguyễn Trung Nguyên from the Poisoning Control Centre at Bạch Mai Hospital said the centre treated 34 cases of methanol poisoning cases this year. Of these, nine people died. Nguyên warned that even those who survive are likely to suffer serious after-effect. Over 60 cases were recorded in the country last year, compared with only a handful in the previous years, he said. Consuming alcohol with methanol content of nearly 50 per cent was the cause of alcohol-related deaths, he added.
