160 patients including 40 Nepalis, 51 people are on emergency kidney dialysis, 31 people are on ventilators, all the workers who died and got sick are workers from Asian countries.
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11 Nepali workers have died due to consumption of toxic alcohol in the Gulf country of Kuwait. According to the Nepali Embassy in Kuwait, 11 Nepali workers have died in the last four days, while 40 sick people are being treated in various hospitals.
Citizens of various countries including Nepalis and Indians in the Salmiya area of Kuwait have been found to be consuming such alcohol. There are 160,000 Nepalis who have come to Kuwait for employment.
Kuwait's Ministry of Health reported that 23 foreign workers died due to alcohol consumption. According to the statement released by the ministry, 160 workers have fallen ill due to the consumption of alcohol containing methanol. Although methanol is a chemical used in industry, it has been found to be used in alcohol.
victims are all workers from Asian countries. One worker after another started falling ill from the previous Saturday. As the number of hospitalizations began to rise, Kuwait's drug control center and security agencies were activated. In a statement from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health, 31 patients are being treated on ventilators. Similarly, 51 people are said to be undergoing emergency kidney dialysis.
It has been reported that some victims of accidental blindness have also become victims. Many patients are kept in the intensive care unit under 24-hour medical supervision. The Kuwaiti government is investigating where the poisoned alcohol came from.
Kuwait's Ministry of Health has warned against such behavior to save lives. Giriprasad Acharya, Labor Assistant of the Nepali Embassy, told Kantipur on the phone, "The embassy is in contact with the Nepali community and the government here and is making the necessary coordination."
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Joint Secretary Lok Bahadur Chhetri said that after receiving information about the incident in Kuwait, the embassy there was instructed to remain active. "We have asked to coordinate and be in touch with the Kuwaiti government and the victims' families," he says, "Accordingly, the embassy is working accordingly."
President of Federation of Journalists Kuwait branch Ekraj Malla said that those who consumed poisoned alcohol fell ill and were admitted to the hospital. He said that even though the production, transportation, sale and distribution of alcohol and drugs are completely banned in Kuwait, these incidents have occurred because they are being used secretly.
There are millions of Nepali workers in Gulf countries including Kuwait. Like other Gulf countries, the production and consumption of alcohol is prohibited in Kuwait. However, workers in Asian countries buy and sell illegally. Nepali workers have also been jailed on charges of alcohol consumption and distribution.
